Posted by Stephen Adams on 11/16/91 11:36

Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> writes:

>Luke Bosman wrote on [Wed, 4 Jan 2006 09:44:10 +0000]:
>> Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Michelle Steiner wrote on [Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:56:08 -0700]:
>>
>>
>>> > Obviously, you don't know what "lived without Windows" means.
>>>
>>> It's like living without air. Never experiencing it.
>>
>> Balderdash. In the phrase, "I've lived without a car for ten years" that
>> does not mean I have not sat in a car for ten years. It means that I
>> have not made regular use of one.
>
>Claiming to have lived without a car all one's life would mean they have
>not used a car, at all, in their life.

In common usage, it would usually mean that they had not owned a car, not
that they had never driven/ridden in one. If someone said "I've lived
without a car for 6 years" I would assume (as would most people, I think)
that they didn't OWN one.

At least, IMHO.

-Stephen
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