Mike O'Connor wrote:
> rsteiner{at}visi.com wrote:
>> Here in the mailing list for os2user, Ray Davison
 spake unto us, saying:
>>   
>>> Mike O'Connor wrote:
>>>     
>>>> "On One of my W4 installations _a_ JPG object has a
thumbnail. And I 
>>>> don't know how I did it."
>>>>       
>>> Welcome to the American language.  In that context
"a" can mean any and 
>>> every.
>>>     
>> That certainly isn't the case where I've lived (Minnesota and Georgia),
>> but English usage does tend to vary from region to region.
> Hi Rich,
> 
> Same here in AU, and in UK.  If one wants to reference something clearly 
> in a request for help it's better to say "I have this JPG file named 
> .jpg" or "every *.jpg file I have on this
drive has ..."
> 
> Regards,
> Mike
> 
In most of the US the language is not generally used quite so 
specifically.  I read "a jpg" as any given jpg on the system.  It was 
mostly from the context, one system has them the other doesn't.  That 
said, I could easily have been the one to have misread it so being as 
specific and generous with details as possible is better when 
requesting help.
Andy


 
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