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   Hi, Ardith Hinton!   
   I read your message from 30.10.2019 18:37   
      
    AK>>> I read this: Annabel and Midge had been best friends almost from   
    AK>>> the day that Midge had found a job as stenographer with the firm   
    AK>>> that employed Annabel.   
      
    AK>>> How can I explain to my conscience the absence of "a"   
    AK>>> before "stenographer"? ;)   
      
    AH>                               [...]   
    AK>> As for president - my textbook says an article is unnecessary in   
    AK>> official job titles, if there is only one person holding this   
    AK>> position at any given time.   
      
    AH> IMHO you answered your own question there. Depending on the size of   
    AH> the firm, one stenographer... i.e. a person who can take dictation   
    AH> in shorthand & type it out at a fairly impressive rate... may have   
    AH> been enough. I don't see any evidence indicating Annabel had been   
    AH> employed in the same capacity.   
      
    AH> Not to worry. It's often said in the EdBiz that before knowing what   
    AH> questions to ask we must already know at least half of the   
    AH> answer... [chuckle].   
      
   I also don't see any evidence indicating Annabel had been employed in the same   
   capacity, but IMHO also there is no ground to suggest that a stenographer is   
   as unique position in a firm as its President.   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2019   
      
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