Sooner than necessary

Language Log 2025-01-03

Summary:

From Philip Taylor: Just received this in an e-mail message — sender: American male, born (maybe) early to mid sixties, attended Dartmouth 1984 (or thereabouts) onwards. Thanks Hilmar. I'll review/install soonly. -k Seeking clarification, I asked Philip: The man's name is Hilmar? What's he going to review/install? Philip replied: Hilmar is the name of the […]

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Tags:

grammar

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

01/03/2025, 13:16

Date published:

01/03/2025, 08:58