discuss: Staff Election was Re: LDP Committee?
Subject:
Re: Staff Election was Re: LDP Committee?
From:
Martin Wheeler ####@####.####
Date:
7 Mar 2005 23:28:28 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0503072317140.29777@chaucer.startext.demon.co.uk>
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> "No more you are."
>
> doesnt that imply that I was?
No. It's an idomatic usage -- which is probably a bad thing to use on an
international list.
It doesn't refer in any way to /time/ as one might be tempted to think;
but to a more positive degree of inclusivity. (I.e. precludes any chance
of doubt.) The OED example of usage quotes Shakespeare:
"You are not young; no more am I."
> Like this?
>
> http://www.tldp.org/vlist.html
Well, the names are (almost) the same; unfortunately that page refers to
them only as "Various authors" -- NOT as members of the staff list.
(a.k.a. Henchmen of the Evil Ovderlord. :-)
Cheers,
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