Retroactive - before a law goes into effect

[Benjamin Barrett]

On Nov 10, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> the law is being applied retroactively and it hasn't even taken effect yet, which seems to be a slight stretch of the normal use.
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> Benjamin, unless you're in your seventies - or should that be, "your
> in you're seventies"? - getting  crotchety about language-change in
> progress is not permitted! ;-)

I went back and forth on this several times. I think your analysis of an onset of crotchetiness is best, thank you.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

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