Posted by Justin on 11/16/36 11:36

Stephen Adams wrote on [4 Jan 2006 17:34:51 GMT]:
> 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.

So, someone could rent or lease one and still fall under your
definition.

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