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Timothy Poterucha: My name is Tim Poterucha. I’m a cardiologist and clinical researcher at Columbia University. I codirect a artificial intelligence applications in cardiology research laboratory here at Columbia, where we study how we can use AI technologies in order to do a better job of taking care of patients with heart disease.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Is it acceptable in dialogue using "a", rather than "an", before a vowel? Or is such misuse of "a" common in English chat or conversation?
The editor here somehow letted "a artificial intelligence" slip through without editing it into "an artificial intelligence".
![4.JPG 4.JPG](https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/data/attachments/4/4427-0a52e4b90da4475f95ae972b3cd7330a.jpg)
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Is it acceptable in dialogue using "a", rather than "an", before a vowel? Or is such misuse of "a" common in English chat or conversation?
The editor here somehow letted "a artificial intelligence" slip through without editing it into "an artificial intelligence".
![4.JPG 4.JPG](https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/data/attachments/4/4427-0a52e4b90da4475f95ae972b3cd7330a.jpg)