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- iantgoodguy
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Are we living an historic event?
In 100-200 years time. Will people be talking about the Coronavirus outbreak of 2020?
- IJ
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Re: Are we living an historic event?
Absolutely, man. This has been a worldwide event that's sadly ended hundreds of thousands of lives. Obviously we're not going to be reliving another black death, but we can thank the experts and science so derided for that...
"The open society is one in which men have learned to be to some extent critical of taboos, and to base decisions on the authority of Neil MacFarlane"
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Re: Are we living an historic event?
IJ wrote:
Absolutely, man. This has been a worldwide event that's sadly ended hundreds of thousands of lives. Obviously we're not going to be reliving another black death, but we can thank the experts and science so derided for that...
Thought the same.
I never thought a thing like this would happen in my lifetime.
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Re: Are we living an historic event?
Tbf only last year I heard that 'another Spanish flu- type epidemic is only a matter of time'. Of course that's the sort of prediction that you can't lose on. But still.....
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Re: Are we living an historic event?
Yes, we most certainly are.
As of today, the UK's death figures stand at 19500, and you can bet your life that they are a hell of a lot higher than that given that England and Northern Ireland do not count deaths in care homes or in the community.
I don't think any of us would have predicted having to live the way we are at present .
And PS, why did it become trendy about 15 years ago to say 'an' historical? 
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sight longer that 15 years ago (tho I guess time just FLIES by when you get to your age eh? ;) ). Tied in with the old "an hotel" etc. straight-jacketed approach to language isn't it?
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I'd like to know the rule to that 'an'.
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Can't find much on the history of it, only 'word lists' for when to use A or AN. Most of it's the obvious one - a or an being dependent on the sound not the spelling, so an honour or an heirloom, but a house. With exceptions - hotel, historic, heroic, horrific. And with confusions - sometimes an hysterical. Apparently goes back to how people just spoke wrong around the 1700's. Why they didn't just check online or phone a pal is a mystery.