On Monday 19 April 2010 02:31:15 Stéphane Letz wrote:
No, Jack2
(then jackdmp) was not planned as a successor of Jack1.
It was jackdmp *then* jack2 ((-:
This may not be not a misunderstanding of the timeline, rather just a perhaps
an unfamiliar turn of phrase.
Let's say you have Mary Smith who you knew as a child and then moved away and
you lost touch. She got married to Brad Jones and is now Mary Jones.
Someone could say:
Mary Jones [Jack2] (then Mary Smith [jackdmp]) wasn not ....
So... Jack2 (which was known as jackdmp at the time) was not planned...
Jack2 (which was then known as jackdmp) was not planned...
Jack2 (then known as jackdmp) was not planned...
Jack2 (then jackdmp) was not planned...
Something like that. Hope it helps. English sure is a world of fun. (I have an
8 year old and am going through it again.)
Food.
Mood.
Wood.
Blood.
Stood.
What does oo sound like again?
all the best,
drew