Subj : A rule needed :)
To   : Alexander Koryagin
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Wed Oct 30 2019 17:37:00

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].




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