The phrase "a erm" is not correct in written English.
It appears to be an incomplete or incorrect form of "an" followed by "erm," which is often used as a filler in speech.
Example: "I was thinking, a erm, maybe we should reconsider our options."
Alternatives: "a um" or "a uh".
Exhibit A: ERM once bribed a Chinese official to ram through major pieces of an industrial development project.
The erm(A), erm(B), mef(A), tet(M), tet(O), tet(L) and tet(K) genes were detected by multiplex PCR as previously described [ 23].
Now there's a, erm, thought.
Images flick past of people running, baddies being thrown against walls with the power of people's minds (by a thrower, most likely), explosions occurring (caused by an exploder) and cars being driven around at high speeds (by a, erm, driver).
Maybe Laura Robson should change her name to Lara Robanova?" Well Miss Robson/Robanova certainly looks like she has a erm, licence to kill right now, as two winners give her a sniff at 40-30.
Being among the first to what may well become a (erm) wider trend in the industry certainty has its perks.
So when a young woman finally appears (Kaya Scodelario) – shouldn't that provoke a little more of an, erm, emotional response?
Using SD-OCT, one can almost always differentiate the posterior hyaloid, a minimally reflective signal, from an ERM, which is highly reflective.
High levels of Moesin, an ERM protein, contribute to a failure in bipolar spindle assembly leading to aneuploidy and priming tumor-initiating events.
Sometimes it's strange in an, erm, not-good way.
Precedence exists for an ERM domain containing protein, talin, to activate integrin signaling and clustering [50].
