Obama and indefinite articles

[Benjamin Barrett]

Yes, I'm certainly not trying to claim that Obama is the only one who
does that.

Unfortunately, your summary makes my post look pretty vacuous. Perhaps
it is, but what I was particularly referring to and is cut out in your
response is that I was talking about the "a" + vowel combination.

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On Nov 7, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Bradley A. Esparza wrote:

> Watching President-elect Obama speak I just heard him say
> "....*a*international....", not 'an'. <ay>
> Bradley A. Esparza

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BB

On Nov 7, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:

>
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Benjamin Barrett
> <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>> My impression is that Obama gears his speech style to match his
>> purpose and audience.
>
> As many of us do all the time.

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