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mistrial9today at 1:32 PM1 replyview on HN

a French; an American; a Brit, or a British

sounds casual but correct to me


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traceroute66today at 1:35 PM

> sounds casual but correct to me

I don't care if it "sounds ok to me".

If you're going to make statements like that to go against what I've written then at least come up with some viable citations to grammar literature.

Honestly, in all my years on this earth I have never, ever heard anybody in any English speaking country I've spent time in say "a French" "a American" "a British".

And that amounts to a lot of time surrounded by people speaking VERY "casual" English.

P.S. I said "an American" was ok if you re-read.. an NOT a

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