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the colloqualism "has-been" should really be "had-been"
| olive hairy legs | 04/23/18 |
| olive hairy legs | 04/23/18 |
| Brilliant Mad Cow Disease | 04/23/18 |
| olive hairy legs | 04/23/18 |
| Brilliant Mad Cow Disease | 04/23/18 |
| olive hairy legs | 04/23/18 |
| Brilliant Mad Cow Disease | 04/23/18 |
| olive hairy legs | 04/23/18 |
| Buff ape | 04/23/18 |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 2:29 PM Author: olive hairy legs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957492&forum_id=2#35901682) |
Date: April 23rd, 2018 2:30 PM Author: olive hairy legs colloquialism* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957492&forum_id=2#35901686) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 2:39 PM Author: Brilliant Mad Cow Disease Then how are we to refer to deceased has-beens? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957492&forum_id=2#35901769) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 3:49 PM Author: olive hairy legs Still technically a had-been, but with the additional dimension of having ceased to be alive. But if you really want to distinguish the living from the dead, then I'd go with "the late had-been." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957492&forum_id=2#35902474) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 5:00 PM Author: Brilliant Mad Cow Disease Current losers are has-beens. A current “had-been” might well have circled back around to being once more. “Had-been” says nothing about his current state of being (or Dasein). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957492&forum_id=2#35903071) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 7:13 PM Author: olive hairy legs "Had" signals that a state of being has certainly ended ("He had been one of the best hitters on the team"). "Has" signals that the state of being occurred in the past and may or may not be continuing ("He has been one of the best hitters on the team"), so it's "has been" that is ambiguous to the current state of being. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957492&forum_id=2#35903887) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 8:28 PM Author: Brilliant Mad Cow Disease The in-the-past part is covered by the unchanging "been".
Nah I'm just trolling. I do think "has-been" sounds better, though. |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 8:32 PM Author: olive hairy legs Agree. I'm just into grammar these days. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957492&forum_id=2#35904458) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 2:40 PM Author: Buff ape (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957492&forum_id=2#35901780) |