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To: tejek who wrote (351971)	9/25/2007 7:58:53 PM
From: SirVinny	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575619

Your lack of formal education shows more and more. The word STILL in the context used can also mean a CONTINUATION of his schooling. He may have dropped out of high school decades ago but he is STILL seeking to obtain his diploma. Therefore, STILL implies continuity of that which he seeks. PS - Anyone wanna take a side bet to whether or not Cum-Jelly completes his studies before the Earth thaws out?

To: tejek who wrote (351971)	9/26/2007 6:15:37 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575619

The word "still" implies I never left. Which I did for almost two and a half decades. Only a nitwit would use "still". 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. What's your PHD area of study? Not English, I presume. Still: 3 -- used as a function word to indicate the continuance of an action or condition <still lives there> <drink it while it's still hot> m-w.com The word, still, suggests continuity as opposed to intermittent. Nope, not always. For example I read this post and I thought "you're still discussing this???", and you've posted on it intermittently, not continuously.

To: tejek who wrote (351971)	9/26/2007 7:43:44 AM
From: Taro	Respond to of 1575619

The word, still, suggests continuity as opposed to intermittent. "Still" is used for something happening continuously, along an extended line in past and/or current time so to say, and same line can indeed be interrupted at some time and then be taken up and proceed later. Learning Roman languages, the use of the right past tense for a continued process, possibly interrupted, but then taken up again vs. the one time event concluded back then, creates a problem initially. Very similar to how the word "still" is used in English. Taro