Going forward (was SCOTUS)

[Randy Alexander]

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Pat O'Conner <mailbox at grammarphobia.com>wrote:

> Going forward, please use BC-US--Supreme Court as the starting point for =
> the stories about the highest court."
>

I first heard "going forward", meaning "from now on" when I was working for
Lehman Bros in 2000, and was very surprised by it.  Has anyone traced it?

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Randy Alexander
Jilin City, China
My Manchu studies blog:
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