disappearing prepositions

[Baker, John]

        Yes, and we all know that ambiguity in language never caused any problems during that time period.

John Baker


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Remember we got along for a couple of hundred thousamd years without Ti-Vo, either.

JL

"Baker, John" <JMB at STRADLEY.COM> wrote:
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Oh, "absent" does mean the same as "in the absence of." It just takes three less words to say it.

It isn't the same as "without," of course. That would be like comparing tangerines and mandarin oranges.

John Baker