"Former" and "late" are not synonyms. They have completely different uses.Bobcat06 said:I would hope that Iran isn't using a zombie as their CURRENT ambassadorwannaggie said:FORMER ambassador.bmks270 said:Nuclear Scramjet said:
Starting to take our Iran's government?
So pope rumor could be true?
"Former President George W. Bush was in attendance at today's Dallas Stars game" isn't telling us anything about the subject's life condition.
"The late President Ronald Reagan once said...." is telling us the subject of the sentence is dead.
"As my former wife/girlfriend used to say" isn't equivalent to "As my late wife/girlfriend used to say".
Unless you're OJ Simpson or Ted Kennedy,.