how many instances of a are there in:
you may have noticed that i have not been posting as often, as of late. there are a lot of reasons for this; from a seemingly never-ending winter of strep throat and snow days, to increasing discomfort with telling my elementary-school daughter’s stories publicly, to my desire to try a new kind of writing for a while. i have finally decided to declare my very own sabbatical.
instead of writing here, i will be doing a little young adult fiction experiment with the help of my beloved pre-teen/teenage neighbor girls. if you are one who prays, i would appreciate your prayers for inspiration and direction.
and feel free to read the archives! i am so grateful to have logged two years of writing here. starting again in september 2014, perhaps with a stronger sense of direction, i may go for two more.
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In that passage, there are 49 occurrences of the letter "a."
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