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Is it not necessary to use the indefinite article an before e-mail in the following sentence?
" ... Six months later you find a name and e-mail address on a card or an old piece of paper."
It's clear why a second on has been left out before an old piece of paper, but since a/an are used in different ways, I can't understand why it has been omitted there.
Sorry, I would have liked to leave this as a comment instead, but my rep isn't high enough yet.
Personally, I think it's just a style issue. No actual grammar rules have been broken. Having "an" would make things more clear, but they are not unclear without the "an."
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a grammar page regarding this issue exactly, but if it helps, you're not alone in asking questions about dropping indefinite articles:
http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/omitting-indefinite-articles-in-the-title.2964148/
And I totally agree with Damkerng's comment in the original post. I had found it interesting as well that the original speaker of the sentence had omitted the article in the first part and not the second.
