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   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Anton Shepelev:   
      
    AK>> I read this:   
    AK>> Annabel and Midge had been best friends almost from   
    AK>> the day that Midge had found a job as stenographer   
    AK>> with the firm that employed Annabel.   
      
    AK>> How can I explain to my conscience the absence of "a"   
    AK>> before "stenographer"? ;)   
      
                                 [...]   
      
    AK>  As for president - my textbook says an article is   
    AK>  unnecessary in official job titles, if there is only   
    AK>  one person holding this position at any given time.   
      
      
              IMHO you answered your own question there.  Depending on the size   
   of the firm, one stenographer... i.e. a person who can take dictation in   
   shorthand & type it out at a fairly impressive rate... may have been enough.    
   I don't see any evidence indicating Annabel had been employed in the same   
   capacity.   
      
              Not to worry.  It's often said in the EdBiz that before knowing   
   what questions to ask we must already know at least half of the answer...   
   [chuckle].   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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