Ricardian Facebook group

Hi, all. I just checked out the Ricardian Facebook group (even though I hate Facebook) because I heard through a fellow forum member that it had a link to the Parliamentary Rolls, which I would love to be able to access. Not being a Facebook fan, I decided not to join even though I saw some familiar names there--Joan, Dorothea, Stephen. (Hi, all!)

Still, I'd appreciate it if one of you would do me a small favor and point out a typo to the person in charge of the group. The copyeditor/proofreader/English teacher in me cringed when I read the group description: "An group for the sensible discussion of Richard, his time, his contemporaries and his family." If one of you could point out (tactfully) to whoever is in charge that "an group" is not Standard English (in fact, it's an error of a type I've seldom seen even in my many years of teaching English composition--"an," as I'm sure everyone here knows, is used only before a vowel or a silent "h"), I would be grateful.

Sorry to be such a snob, but "an group" could deter "an Richard III fan" from joining the group, at least if the fan has "an background" in English grammar and usage.

Thanks much.

Carol

Thank you for noticing, Carol.  The mistake has been corrected.




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From: justcarol67 <justcarol67@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, 12 June 2013 10:20 AM
Subject: Ricardian Facebook group



 
Hi, all. I just checked out the Ricardian Facebook group (even though I hate Facebook) because I heard through a fellow forum member that it had a link to the Parliamentary Rolls, which I would love to be able to access. Not being a Facebook fan, I decided not to join even though I saw some familiar names there--Joan, Dorothea, Stephen. (Hi, all!)

Still, I'd appreciate it if one of you would do me a small favor and point out a typo to the person in charge of the group. The copyeditor/proofreader/English teacher in me cringed when I read the group description: "An group for the sensible discussion of Richard, his time, his contemporaries and his family." If one of you could point out (tactfully) to whoever is in charge that "an group" is not Standard English (in fact, it's an error of a type I've seldom seen even in my many years of teaching English composition--"an," as I'm sure everyone here knows, is used only before a vowel or a silent "h"), I would be grateful.

Sorry to be such a snob, but "an group" could deter "an Richard III fan" from joining the group, at least if the fan has "an background" in English grammar and usage.

Thanks much.

Carol

Dorothea Preis wrote:
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> Thank you for noticing, Carol.  The mistake has been corrected.

Carol responds:

Great. I feel better with that error corrected. One small keystroke for Richard . . . .

Carol

Sorry, my mind has been working much faster than my eyes recently, for some mysterious reason or two.
Now we have corrected it - thanks, Dorothea - you will be joining?
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From: justcarol67
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Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: Ricardian Facebook group





Dorothea Preis wrote:
>
> Thank you for noticing, Carol. The mistake has been corrected.

Carol responds:

Great. I feel better with that error corrected. One small keystroke for Richard . . . .

Carol