David
The battle to limit the meaning of ‘predate’ has long since been lost. It’s now one of those words like ‘wind’ where the reader will have to establish meaning from context.
It is all part of the many trials of living with an evolving language.
Cheers
Storm
On 25/08/2011, at 10:10 PM, David James
> > ps, if you don’t understand me, please research the meaning of “predate” > > David James, > Sydney > burunglaut07@yahoo.com > > > > ============================== > > >
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