Joy is a thing with Feathers

[jeffnc]

[quote="yourlocalaliyen" pid='274904' dateline='1759785844']
Creating this rancid mixture of grief  not a fan of 'this',  maybe 'a'?

I like this comment, because to me when a writer says "this", it tends to imply "this thing that I understand but don't quite know how to explain" (and if you think about it, that is pretty much the point of writing.)  But if you write "a", then that is the explanation.