Re: Noun tense
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 23, 2002, 3:53 |
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Christopher Wright wrote:
> Perhaps for time travellers. I don't think people would be confused.
> After all, how many people were, and are no longer, a certain person? If
> I was Christopher three months ago, I'll presumably be Christopher three
> months hence.
Yeah, but you've probably changed in that time. I'm not the same person
I was a year ago. I suppose a better example would be English phrases
like "The then-President" meaning "the person who was President at that
time" or "wife-to-be" or "ex-brother-in-law-to-be" (future perfect!
;-))
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