<div dir="ltr">Hence have other meanings and could be ambiguous hence I suggest we do not use it.<div><br></div><div style>Karl </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Frank Shearar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frank.shearar@gmail.com" target="_blank">frank.shearar@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 4 May 2013 08:34, Colin Putney <<a href="mailto:colin@wiresong.com">colin@wiresong.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Chris Muller <<a href="mailto:asqueaker@gmail.com">asqueaker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> "hence" is equally meaningful as "fromNow", but more old-world<br>
>> sounding. I think "ago" and "fromNow" are more compatible with each<br>
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> "Hence" is the proper the proper and perfectly cromulent antonym for "ago."<br>
> The fact that many people use circumlocutions to compensate for a deficient<br>
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</div></div>Eschew obfuscation! Espouse elucidation!<br>
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I back Colin's position with moderate strength; a compromise would be<br>
to have both :) #fromNow would delegate to #hence, of course.<br>
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