Re: OT: ago

taliesin the storyteller wrote:
> * Harold Ensle said on 2006-01-22 22:15:58 +0100
>
>>Excuse me if I interrupt the thread here...which by the way...I started.
>>But I have a few questions about how this list works.
>>
>>Do people usually read the previous posts in a thread before they
>>add a new post? Or are they suppose to simply attach a new post
>>to the nearest unread thread by random selection?
>
>
> Harold, welcome to the internet. Must your stay be a welcoming and
> giving one, and must you learn much, as you have already started to.
Oh - when I saw this on the 19th Jan.....
{quote}
I had to post something when I saw the following sentences:

     The Columbia Guide to Standard American English: "_Ago_ is both
     adjective, as in _The murder took place many years ago,_ and adverb,
     as in _The murder took place long ago._  It is Standard in both
     uses."
{quote}

I assumed Harold was a 'lurker' who had seen this during the thread on
'ago' which began a few days before - especially as it was one of the
two authorities quoted by Charlie.

I now see that Harold may well have seen this quote independently and,
joining the list on the 19th, have posted his mail without realizing
that we had already been discussing the very same thing and, indeed, the
very same quote from "The Columbia Guide to Standard American English".

If this is so, then I sincerely apologize to Harold for my earlier mail.
But I hope Harold realizes the other mails followed his - clearly I was
not the only one that assumed it was all part of the on-going thread
about 'ago.

taliesin generally gives good advice. Heed that, Harold, and you will do
well. Welcome - and we must both learn not to jump to conclusions  :)

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