Thread: English Usage - Former Governor
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Old 03-27-2012, 08:14 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by carpetmojo View Post
The "ex-" , by the by, is apparently OK with some "trades" (ex- MP, ex-banker, for example ) but I don't ever recall hearing of ex-Captain Mark Phillips, for example, certainly.
Seems a bit strange. He is an ex-. Princess Anne's ex-.
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