Bukkit

So basically it is just a way to detect if a text should show a or an.

Expression:

send "%a or an of {_text}% %{_text}%" #Would show a or an depending on the next text.

It would only work on texts (obviously). It would check the first letter of a text and if it is a, e, i, o, u, some times y.

(Initial y is never treated as a vowel unless a consonant immediately follows it.)

If it is a vowel, it would just set the expression to "an" or if it isn't, it would just be "a".

This would be useful for items such as Apple and Diamond Sword would be come easier to use in a proper sentence.

Problems I could see:

• Player names would be changed to a or an.
• Not sure what else.

Mock up code: (Not sure how accurate it is for y. Don't mind the color codes. It was for testing.)

command /aan [<text>]:
	trigger:
		if first character of arg-1 is "a" or "e" or "i" or "u":
			broadcast "&5an %arg-1%"
		else if first character of arg-1 is "y":
			set {_s} to the first 2 characters of the text argument
			set {_ycheck::*} to {_s} split at ""
			loop {_ycheck::*}:
				add 1 to {_num}
				if {_num} is 2:
					if loop-value is "a" or "e" or "i" or "u":
						broadcast "&4a %arg-1%"
					else:
						broadcast "&3an %arg-1%"
		else:
			broadcast "&2a %arg-1%"

Y: http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/g01.html

Thanks, Nfell ;)

Also H with honor and some other words.

This would require user input more than anything.

an hour
a user
an FTP server
all those don't follow the a/an rule.

@Nfell2009: Go

Alrighty. Guess I'll just have to manually do it.