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I'd suggest that writers avoid constructions like
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I\'d suggest that writers avoid constructions like \"Joe Blow wrote this before his death.\" \'ve read that more times than I care to.
Well, *of course* he wrote it before he died! So far as we know, nobody\'s managed to write anything remotely useful *after* dying!
Now, if you feel it\'s noteworthy that it was, perhaps, the author\'s last work, then say \"... wrote this just days before his untimely death.\"
In a related sense, sometimes \"The late John Smith\" shows up in a discussion involving some very old film for which practically everybody involved is deceased. Most likely, this fellow expired while the project was still in progress, but I think that fact should be recorded more explicitly if it\'s significant.
Well, *of course* he wrote it before he died! So far as we know, nobody\'s managed to write anything remotely useful *after* dying!
Now, if you feel it\'s noteworthy that it was, perhaps, the author\'s last work, then say \"... wrote this just days before his untimely death.\"
In a related sense, sometimes \"The late John Smith\" shows up in a discussion involving some very old film for which practically everybody involved is deceased. Most likely, this fellow expired while the project was still in progress, but I think that fact should be recorded more explicitly if it\'s significant.
