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To native English speakers: indefinite article question
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows Server 2012
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Application:
Web
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Thread ID:
01584678
Message ID:
01584681
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70
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>Hi All,
>
>VFP describes Collection.Remove method as
>Use to remove a member object from a collection.
>
>.NET describes a similar Collection(Of T).RemoveAt method as
>Removes the element at the specified index of the Collection(Of T).
>
>Notice indefinite articles in the first case, and definite ones in the second -- e.g. "a collection" vs "the Collection".
>
>My three questions:
>- are they both correct ?
>- which one is preferable ?
>- should I bother ?
>
>Thank you!

They both sort of feel correct. I think it is the absence/presence of the parameter in the first/second construction that determines the use of the indefinite/definite article.
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