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I must be at that age when
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everything confuses me.
Just reading earlier posts and I have not got a clue what is going on.
I shall have a drink presently or should that be soon.
Is there a difference between, I am presently having a drink and I am having a drink presently.
Must go , I can hear matron.
I am typing this in crayon as we are not allowed anything sharp.
Just reading earlier posts and I have not got a clue what is going on.
I shall have a drink presently or should that be soon.
Is there a difference between, I am presently having a drink and I am having a drink presently.
Must go , I can hear matron.
I am typing this in crayon as we are not allowed anything sharp.
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'presently' means of course 'right now' - but it came to mean, in the parlance of the upper classes, 'in the near futere' or '(almost) immediately' - so nowadays you unfortunately have to distinguish between these two meanings - right now, or soon. I think if it refers to a whiskey and soda, it means right now. If it refers to shooting things (peasants ? pheasants ?) it probably means the middle of next week
'presently' means of course 'right now' - but it came to mean, in the parlance of the upper classes, 'in the near futere' or '(almost) immediately' - so nowadays you unfortunately have to distinguish between these two meanings - right now, or soon. I think if it refers to a whiskey and soda, it means right now. If it refers to shooting things (peasants ? pheasants ?) it probably means the middle of next week