Atdtda[4]: 107.1-13 Two questions
Paul Mackin
paul.mackin at verizon.net
Fri Mar 9 08:57:24 CST 2007
On Mar 9, 2007, at 9:02 AM, Ya Sam wrote:
>> - why "era of desuetude"
>
> I understand it simply as the period in which the accelerating
> technological development started to cause the centuries old
> established norms to fall into desuetude.
Think it means nothing much had been happening aboard the
Inconvenience in the period just before the messenger arrived.
The word "era" is being used grandiosely.
>
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