Hi, Denis!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

AH>  Both native speakers & people who are studying English
AH>  as a foreign language are confused when the "rules"
AH>  seem to have numerous "exceptions".  :-)

DM>  Are You native speaker, Ardith?


           Yes, I am *a* native speaker of English.  :-)




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