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To: RaceBannon

Shouldn't that be "As an United States Senator..."?

13 posted on 09/21/2006 5:14:59 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)

To: I see my hands

I just figured out your tagline, it took a minute. DOH!!!

19 posted on 09/21/2006 5:19:45 PM PDT by stm (Katherine Harris for US Senate!)

To: I see my hands

Shouldn't that be "As an United States Senator..."?

Doesn't 'scan'. United is pronounced 'yew-nited', so it starts off with a non-vowel sound; therefore it gets the 'a' treatment.

Change to an opening vowel sound, and it would pick up the 'an'; "As an Unpopular Senator...."

- IIG, nitpicker extraordinaire

35 posted on 09/21/2006 5:38:04 PM PDT by IonImplantGuru (()

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