Computer Analysis Sets NASA History Straight

Ellis D. Tripp writes, "A computer analysis has upheld Neil Armstrong's version of the first words spoken on the lunar surface. The word 'a' was dropped due to a communications glitch, and Armstrong has been accused of flubbing his words since the historic 1969 landing. The corrected statement was 'That's one small step for *A* man, One giant leap for mankind.'"

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Re:NASA Alzheimers

[klaun]

First NASA loses Apollo TV master tapes, and now it loses pronouns. [snip]

The word a in that phrase is an article, not a pronoun. In other context it might be a preposition or even a pronoun for British speakers of English.