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Is it “a MBA” or “an MBA”?
By susan | January 25, 2008
Ever find yourself in a social situation where someone raises a question which stumps the room and generates a lot of opinions? This happened to me the other day when one of the current fulltime MBA students asked if he should write “a MBA” or “an MBA” in his CV.
So for those of us in doubt, here´s the “proper” answer according to the Chicago Manual of Style:
“Write what you say. MBA is an initialism, pronounced “em be ayy” or something like that). It begins, then, with a vowel sound: write “an MBA.” On the other hand, write “a master of business administration degree.” Initialisms and acronyms are generally intended to be read as such, whereas abbreviations (e.g., 5th St., read “fifth street”) are often meant to conjure the full form.”
Good weekend everybody!
Topics: Life after an MBA, Things not taught but learnt anyway | 1 Comment »
January 27th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Excellent. Thanks for clearing this up, as I’m always coming across people who aren’t sure. I know the readers at http://www.find-mba.com will be grateful to you as well, so I’m posting a link to this blog there.