EDITOR@WORK: vowels

FOUND ONLINE: Finsta is short for “Fake Instagram,” a second account some users make; it’s not a FB product.

A Facebook product would be correct, but a FB product is incorrect. That's because FB is pronounced "eff-bee", and "e" is a vowel (aeiou) and requires "an" rather than "a."

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FOUND ONLINE: A Electronic Book or E Book as they are universally known, is a text based publication in digital form.

As you know, An Electronic Book would be correct.

FROM THE SAME ARTICLE: In Angela’s first design, smaller amount of text where printed onto spools and were operated by compressed air.

I suspect the writer meant were, not where. It would just be a typo. Also, I'm not sure the writer needs the were later in the sentence.

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