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A voguish, [[throat clearing]] expression which means ''from now on''. In a kinder time, modish wordsmiths said, “[[henceforth]]”. Some still do.
{{pe}}A voguish, [[throat clearing]] expression which means ''from now on''. In a kinder time, modish wordsmiths said, “[[henceforth]]”. Some still do.


When you adopt the future tense, it’s a fair assumption — Time’s arrow doing its miserable thing and reminding us there’s but one way out of here — you are thinking of those points in time which haven’t happened yet, to the exclusion of all those which have.
When you adopt the future tense, it’s a fair assumption — Time’s arrow doing its miserable thing and reminding us there’s but one way out of here — you are thinking of those points in time which haven’t happened yet, to the exclusion of all those which have.
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The odds of such inspiration emanating from lips uttering the expression “[[going forward]]” is ''low''.
The odds of such inspiration emanating from lips uttering the expression “[[going forward]]” is ''low''.
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*[[Henceforth]]
*[[Henceforth]]
*[[Criswell]]
*[[Criswell]]
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