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To: combjelly who wrote (351758)9/24/2007 12:05:53 PM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575608
 
"If someone smokes cigarettes, quits for two years, smokes again for three years, quits for a decade, and then smokes for the next two years, at that point they are "still smoking" cigarettes."

Really? That situation isn't covered by the definition of "still".


Sure it does.

11. up to this or that time; as yet: A day before departure we were still lacking an itinerary.

After 25 years you are still in school.

12. in the future as in the past: Objections will still be made.

Combjelly is still in school.