Re: Belgian?
From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 07/17/04
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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 00:47:53 GMT
Jim Heckman wrote:
>
> On 16-Jul-2004, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net>
> wrote in message <40F8565A.CB@worldnet.att.net>:
>
> > US-centric. I've lived in the two principal cities and visited in quite
> > a few others, as well as several in Canada, and have never encountered
> > this European system. [...]
>
> Ouch. It's been a while now since Chicago was one of the two
> principal US cities, but I suppose it might still have been when
> you were there. (I know it's come up before, but I don't
> remember the dates of your tenure offhand.)
1972-97.
L.A. became the Second City only in the 1990 census, but by the 2000
census Chicago had regained the title.
(ObSyntax: I typed "in the 2000 census," but that wouldn't cohere with
the past perfect; with "in" it has to be "Chicago regained.")
-- Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net
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