Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]imx wrote: > > Robert asked: > > > Erwin wrote > >>>>>> > > From a birds eye perspective (having studied books and magazine-articles > > from 1870 till today) ... > > <<<<< > > > > Erwin, I thought _I_ was the oldest Lugger! How old were you when you > > started this research? > > My English may not be good enough, but I was under the impression that > "..articles from 1870" means a range, that is articles dating from 1870 and > that "since 1870" indicates a start date. > > Erwin It is ambigious Irwin, it can mean either your were reading articles from 1870 or that the articles date from 1870. One of the many anomalies of English. John Shick