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Pushed up or pushed back?
I've never understood the concept of something being "pushed back" when it's been changed to a later date, or being "pushed up" when changed to an earlier date. If you picture a calendar, you move forward as you advance from one date to any later date, and you move back to get to earlier dates. So why do people say "pushed back" when they should really say "pushed up" or should they?
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[nq:1]I've never understood the concept of something being "pushed back" when it's been changed to a later date, or being ... get to earlier dates. [/nq] My old headmaster, with a logic as punctilious as it was out of step with the world, when announcing schedule-changes said "brought back (from November to October)" and "moved forward (from October to November)".
- [nq:1]I've never understood the concept of something being "pushed back" when it's been changed to a later date, or being ...
- get to earlier dates.
- [/nq] My old headmaster, with a logic as punctilious as it was out of step with the world, when announcing schedule-changes said "brought back (from November to October)" and "moved forward (from October to November)".
- So you aren't the only person who's viewed it like that.
- I wouldn't use "up" in this way, as far as I know.
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[nq:1]I've never understood the concept of something being "pushed back" when it's been changed to a later date, or being ... get to earlier dates. So why do people say "pushed back" when they should really say "pushed up" or should they?[/nq]
My old headmaster, with a logic as punctilious as it was out of step with the world, when announcing schedule-changes said "brought back (from November
My old headmaster, with a logic as punctilious as it was out of step with the world, when announcing schedule-changes said "brought back (from November
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[nq:1]I've never understood the concept of something being "pushed back" when it's been changed to a later date, or being ... get to earlier dates. So why do people say "pushed back" when they should really say "pushed up" or should they?[/nq]
Up means closer and back means further away in this context.
Up means closer and back means further away in this context.
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But shouldn't "forward" mean "closer to one" and "back" mean "further away from one?"
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[nq:1]I've never understood the concept of something being "pushed back" when it's been changed to a later date, or being ... get to earlier dates. So why do people say "pushed back" when they should really say "pushed up" or should they?[/nq]
Actually, with the calendar you'd usually move from left to right, sometimes from up to down. Unless the calendar is horizontal... Anyway, by convention
Actually, with the calendar you'd usually move from left to right, sometimes from up to down. Unless the calendar is horizontal... Anyway, by convention
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Mike Lyle filted:
[nq:1]My old headmaster, with a logic as punctilious as it was out of step with the world, when announcing schedule-changes ... the only person who's viewed it like that. I wouldn't use "up" in this way, as far as I know.[/nq]
I had a teacher who claimed that "forward" should refer to the past and "backward" to the future...his reasoning is that you can see your past, as
[nq:1]My old headmaster, with a logic as punctilious as it was out of step with the world, when announcing schedule-changes ... the only person who's viewed it like that. I wouldn't use "up" in this way, as far as I know.[/nq]
I had a teacher who claimed that "forward" should refer to the past and "backward" to the future...his reasoning is that you can see your past, as
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R H Draney typed thus:
[nq:1]Mike Lyle filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]My old headmaster, with a logic as punctilious as it ... use "up" in this way, as far as I know.[/nq]
[nq:1]I had a teacher who claimed that "forward" should refer to the past and "backward" to the future...his reasoning is ... also used to say things like "I may look young but I'm just back-dated"...(he was, in fact, a substitu
[nq:1]Mike Lyle filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]My old headmaster, with a logic as punctilious as it ... use "up" in this way, as far as I know.[/nq]
[nq:1]I had a teacher who claimed that "forward" should refer to the past and "backward" to the future...his reasoning is ... also used to say things like "I may look young but I'm just back-dated"...(he was, in fact, a substitu
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[nq:2]move My old headmaster, with a logic as punctilious as ... use "up" in this way, as far as I know.[/nq]
[nq:1]But shouldn't "forward" mean "closer to one" and "back" mean "further away from one?"[/nq]
Depends on where "one" is in relation to a mental model of time. If time marches "on", forward, regardless of your own location (in time), then going "forward" would meaning going furth
[nq:1]But shouldn't "forward" mean "closer to one" and "back" mean "further away from one?"[/nq]
Depends on where "one" is in relation to a mental model of time. If time marches "on", forward, regardless of your own location (in time), then going "forward" would meaning going furth
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[nq:2]But shouldn't "forward" mean "closer to one" and "back" mean "further away from one?"[/nq]
[nq:1]Depends on where "one" is in relation to a mental model of time. If time marches "on", forward, regardless of ... day to the 223rd day it's been moved forward. (Regardless of the fact you're standing on the 200th day.)[/nq]
That's how I see it. If you picture a circular calendar (like a p
[nq:1]Depends on where "one" is in relation to a mental model of time. If time marches "on", forward, regardless of ... day to the 223rd day it's been moved forward. (Regardless of the fact you're standing on the 200th day.)[/nq]
That's how I see it. If you picture a circular calendar (like a p
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[nq:1]He also used to say things like "I may look young but I'm just back-dated"...(he was, in fact, a substitute teacher)..r[/nq]
Who said that???
Mark@work
[nq:1]He also used to say things like "I may look young but I'm just back-dated"...(he was, in fact, a substitute teacher)..r[/nq]
Who said that???
Mark@work
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(snip)
[nq:1]He also used to say things like "I may look young but I'm just back-dated"...(he was, in fact, a substitute teacher)..r[/nq]
Who said that???
Mark@work
[nq:1]He also used to say things like "I may look young but I'm just back-dated"...(he was, in fact, a substitute teacher)..r[/nq]
Who said that???
Mark@work
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