Heard that. All I could think about was too bad he didn’t have some hearing protection on. One gunshot inside the cab is enough to wreck you, but he emptied a mag. Bad deal..
I mis interpreted the way you were implying L.E.O. I was under the impression that you were pronouncing it as a word like "Lee-oh" as there aren't any punctuations between the letters in your acronym. My bad. It made me laugh. I never get to do that, so it was worth the time to type it up. Carry on.My understanding is "an" precedes a vowel sound. If that's the case, reading LEO as "el-e-o" would call for "an" instead of "a".
grammer.com does agree with my assessment as well.
"Articles with Acronyms, a or an
Finally, the rule applies to acronyms as well. If you pronounce a letter as a letter and it begins with a vowel sound, you should precede it with an. The consonants with vowel sounds include f, h, l, m, n, r, s, and x.
He flew in an SST. He fired an M‑1. He attended an FDA hearing."
https://www.grammar.com/a-vs-an-when-to-use/
Please note: The period in my second sentence is outside the quotation mark. Feel free to discuss.
