Subj : If
To   : Alexander Koryagin
From : Anton Shepelev
Date : Thu Oct 26 2023 14:51:14

Alexander Koryagin:

AK> If you have nothing to do -- sneeze into ashtray.

If it is a phrase inscribed by way of a motivational
instruction in the immediate presence of an ashtray, then
the article is not needed, although I believe general
grammar requires one, cf. the warning in an optics
laboratory: DO NOT LOOK INTO LASER WITH REMAINING EYE .

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