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   > Reading a novel "The standard of living", by Dorothy Parker, I read this:   
      
   > -----Beginning of the citation-----   
   > Annabel and Midge had been best friends almost from the day that Midge   
   > had found a job as stenographer with the firm that employed Annabel.   
   > ----- The end of the citation -----   
      
   > How can I explain to my conscience the absence of "a" before "stenographer"?   
      
      
   Others have said it is fine.  I think it reads like broken English, like   
   someone wrote it that is not a native speaker.  I would expect a "the" in   
   front of it if she was the only one, and "a" if there might be more than   
   one with the firm.   
      
   Mike   
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