Cobol - Re: US Presidents; an outside view WAS: Any comments? (Evolution

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Richard

2006-04-27, 6:55 pm

Joseph Katnic wrote:
> I did say "Practical". Presumably, practical means as far as we can
> imagine it to be.

No. 'practical' means 'in practice' not 'in imagination'.

'Practically' means that which can be practiced, or actually done,
excluding those parts that can only be imagined or are not achievable.
The usage has, however, degraded to merely meaning 'almost' or
'nearly'.

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