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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
What does "a current" mean?
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This probably shouldn't come as a surprise to us as we are a nation founded on genocide and built on the backs of slaves. We slaughtered 600,000 of each other in a civil war. We "tamed the Wild West with a six-shooter," and we rape and beat and kill our women without mercy and at a staggering rate: every three hours a women is murdered in the USA (half the time by an ex or a current); every three minutes a woman is raped in the USA; and every 15 seconds a woman is beaten in the USA.
This probably shouldn't come as a surprise to us as we are a nation founded on genocide and built on the backs of slaves. We slaughtered 600,000 of each other in a civil war. We "tamed the Wild West with a six-shooter," and we rape and beat and kill our women without mercy and at a staggering rate: every three hours a women is murdered in the USA (half the time by an ex or a current); every three minutes a woman is raped in the USA; and every 15 seconds a woman is beaten in the USA.
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a current husband or boyfriend (as opposed to an ex [former] husband or boyfriend)
- a current husband or boyfriend (as opposed to an ex [former] husband or boyfriend)
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a current husband or boyfriend (as opposed to an ex [former] husband or boyfriend)
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I would add that although we frequently use the word "ex" to refer to a prior partner (I saw my ex at the concert last night), I have never seen the word "current" used that way. I completely agree with the interpretation, but don't try to use it this way yourself.
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Grammar GeekI have never seen the word "current" used that way.Neither have I. It was likely just a nonce word.
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