Wow, has it been 45 years since the press began its runs? Wow. Remember when people would complain loudly and often about the ink that came off on their hands? But the loss of jobs with the press closing is the saddest part.

I know this is a minor thing, in light of all the horribly written article the DD publishes, but when did it become correct grammer to put "an" in front of historic instead of "a"? The term "an" is to be used in front of words that either start with a vowel or are pronounced with a starting vowel, such as hour. You don't pronounce the h sound in hour, but you do in historic. As Americans, we don't say "Istoric". I am so sick of seeing the DD continuously make these grammatical errors. I know, I could quit reading it, but I do find some of the stories useful. I just wished someone who actually knew what they were doing, would edit or proofread this stuff before it goes to print. This is not the first time I have found errors. I guess it kind of falls along the same lines of the media changing the pronunciation of Hiroshima, advertisement, and many other words that were pronounced one way in the 70's and 80's, then changed in the 90's or the 2000's.

I wish an "an" is all that I had to worry about.

R is correct. The Associated Press Stylebook (I have the 2004 edition) states: "Use the article 'a' before consonant sounds: a historic event..."

I am glad there are still readers like R who notice such things. I assume R noticed a few years ago when "busted pipes" and "a mute point" got past the desk. Spell check programs are not always correct.

I agree with Miss Shirley from Rogersville. At what must be one of the saddest times for employees at The Daily, and while the world around us worries about the economy, sickness, effects of the weather and is basically going you know where in a hand basket, lets all be sure to be upset that in a newspaper filled with thousands of words, put out by ordinary people, that someone made a mistake.

I'm sending R a "sorry for the trauma this most have caused you card" would anyone else like to sign it?