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On A_Day :-)

Seriously though the 'A_'/'An_' notation is used in some s/w houses (I know
of 3 spread across the UK), precisely to to highlight the difference between
the abstract and the specific.

Phaedrus <phaedrusalt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In that case, would you please deliver to me A_Billion_Dollars?  I don't
care
> which billion dollars you deliver.