Hi! Alexander,   
      
   On 02/05/2016 06:18 PM, you wrote:   
      
    PQ>> You could get by with using either one, and most people   
    PQ>> wouldn't give it a second thought. English isn't as 'picky' as   
    PQ>> German, and I'll tell you why I think that.   
      
    ak> I see you point, although you compare German and English articles. I   
    ak> just read long ago that if we say about a nationality we should use "a".   
      
   Then don't listen to the advice of -this- silly old man.  :)  I was a little   
   concerned for how another nation's people might think of the matter, and meant   
   to warn you.   
      
    ak> PS: A nice speech about democracy and freedom by President of the   
    ak> country where Negro people were treated as second sort people. The   
    ak> canceling of the segregation was a good time ahead of Kennedy's speech   
    ak> in Berlin.   
      
   Yes.  We should give thanks to the good people who did the best they possibly   
   could, at the best possible times, to redress that situation since then.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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