On Fri, 13 Jun 2014, alexander koryagin wrote to All:   
      
    ak> 1. in the second paragraph: "But the notion of floating disc-shaped   
    ak> aircraft wasn't considered fanciful by governments and militaries   
    ak> around  the world."   
      
    ak> Why the author has not put "a" before "floating disc-shaped   
    ak> aircraft"?    
      
   "aircraft", in that context, is plural...   
      
   "aircraft" is like "deer" where it is both singular and plural... the context   
   used tells which one is being used...   
      
    singular: i saw an aircraft.   
    plural  : i saw some aircraft.   
    singular: we saw a unique aircraft at the airshow.   
    plural  : we saw a lot of aircraft at the airshow.   
    singular: that aircraft has a propellor.   
    plural  : most aircraft flying today have jet engines.   
      
    ak> 2. in the third paragraph: Why not _a_ German engineer Georg Klein?   
      
   occupation title? not sure but either would work... however, commas would have   
   to be added...   
      
     [...] a German engineer, Georg Klein, told the [...]   
      
      
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