Can a have an A, men?

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Jocelyn Limpert wrote:
>
>
> I'm glad the "a/an" problem that our new president has was finally
> mentioned
> on this site. And, yes, it is like nails on a blackboard. I thought
> everyone
> (yes, everyone) learned the distinction early on in grammar school.

you might recognize that there's more than one system here.  (this is,
after all, the American *Dialect* Society, not the American
*Correctness" Society.)

arnold

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