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What is the correct usage of 'formerly' as time adverb?
PLEASE NOTE: JDK6 [is|was] formerly known as Project Mustang
In the previous sentence what is correct 'is' or 'was'? and why?
While reading a bug report I found this sentence with 'is' and now I'm ...
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Referring to past times with “hence”
From Tor.com, an interesting use of the word hence:
Minutes ago, J.K. Rowling finally announced her plans behind Pottermore, the mysterious website that appeared a week hence with only a “Coming ...
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Does “ever” apply to the future, or only the past?
As we hear in every commercial (ever?)
Our best price, ever.
Your thoughts please. Putting aside advertising allowances, should "ever" here mean "all time: past present and future", or should ...
