Subj : Misinterprestation
To   : Anton Shepelev
From : Dallas Hinton
Date : Wed Apr 01 2020 17:08:05

Hi Anton -- on Apr 02 2020 at 01:09, you wrote:

AS> Why, "directly" is a word of which the temporal meaning is obviously
AS> straight-forward (the pun intended). I am certain it was used in

Using "directly" as a time response is very old-fashioned, and I don't
think I've ever heard it actually used in speech in my lifetime. The
occasional play, perhaps, and some older books, but never in speech. The
closest we come to it now would "at once", or "immediately".



Cheers... Dallas

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