> > It doesn't. No other methods are ruled out by
> > it and the indefinite article indicates that
> > there are other methods. And if you are going
> > to complain about not being able to understand
> > what other people write, then perhaps you should
> > look to your own first.
>
>Ah, Peter, don't come down too hard on him. He's just
>adapted to the fact the most people can no longer
>write unambiguous English. (E.g., the distressingly
>common "and/or" which I insist on reading aloud to my
>business people as "and per or".)
>
>Plus, American schools pretty much stopped teaching
>formal grammar in the 70's, with the result that he
>may not know what an indefinite article is. :-(
Judging from his latest screed, I'll have to concur. At least I got a:
"I'll answer you because you were more polite than Peter."
to brighten my morning.
--Peter Metcalfe
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