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To: steve86
Does the author of this not know the difference between 'formerly' and 'formally'?

So you don't think that the author meant 'formerly' as in 'at a former time'? I think that is exactly what was meant....

34 posted on 03/13/2015 7:02:49 PM PDT by hecticskeptic (In life it's important to know what you believeÂ….but more more importantly, why you believe it.)
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To: hecticskeptic
If he meant "at a former time" the grammar was not correct.

"Formerly staged" means staged previously but not any more (the status of the photos having changed).

"Earlier staged photos" or "old staged photos" would be closer to what you're inferring as to the intended meaning.

37 posted on 03/13/2015 7:08:41 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: hecticskeptic

I agree with you, but my 10th grade english teacher would have told me that the use of the word “fomerly”, which might be technically correct, is awkward. Just write “previously.”

Just two cents from a horrible writer.


135 posted on 03/14/2015 12:09:58 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (When you are inclined to to buy storage boxes, but contractor bags instead.)
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