I saw that too, Sheila (and it's in the original email as cited on Snopes, as opposed to the cna/can I pointed to). To me, 'a research' screams ESL-speaker, as in my experience - and I work with ESL speakers all the time nowadays - many ESL speakers tend to believe that 'research' can be treated as a countable noun. I've seen 'a research' and also 'researches'.
English is indeed a
very difficult language to learn as an adult.
Wendy
