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Posted by Toby Inkster on 01/24/07 00:35
dorayme wrote:
> Reminds me of the first earthling on the moon saying it was a
> small step for (a) man but a big step for mankind. I recall at
> the time wincing that he left out the definite article (unlike
> your correct inclusion of it) before "man".
"a" is the indefinite article. "the" is the definite article. Though I
believe Armstrong claims to have said "a", but it didn't come through due
to transmission problems. (Telecommunications was then very much still in
its infancy when compared with today.)
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