Originally posted by hack
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Strunk would HATE "He still wouldn't know who you are, or me"
5th? Quinary, I believe. But no, You are going the wrong way. It wasn't even secondary, really.
The two things that you had an issue with is in me believing that Sessions was honorable and your mistaken belief that 'halcyon' mandated some time in the past.
Nothing has changed: (1) I still believe in Sessions' honor and integrity (even in my political disagreements with him). Surely, you must agree that me believing Sessions to be 'honorable' is a matter of a personal opinion that I am allowed? Likewise, I am sure, you find some people honorable that I do not . You could have simply said "AA, you find him honorable, but I do not! I think he is a racist and I think he hates poor folks!" (or whatever) and I would have let it go. But when you essentially say" No, you are wrong, you do NOT find him honorable" well, I disagree and here we are.
(2) halcyon is NOT restricted -by definition- to some time in the past. At least not with the dictionaries I use. Though, admittedly, using it to detail a successful or prosperous time in the past is how it is often used, that increasingly common usage has not altered its definition. At least not yet.
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