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   Dallas Hinton to Anton Shepelev   
   Misinterprestation   
   01 Apr 20 17:08:05   
   
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   REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5e851124   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   Hi Anton -- on Apr 02 2020 at 01:09, you wrote:   
      
   AS> Why, "directly" is a word of which the temporal meaning is obviously   
   AS> straight-forward (the pun intended). I am certain it was used in   
      
   Using "directly" as a time response is very old-fashioned, and I don't   
   think I've ever heard it actually used in speech in my lifetime. The   
   occasional play, perhaps, and some older books, but never in speech. The   
   closest we come to it now would "at once", or "immediately".   
      
      
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/NT 1.30+   
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