John
You have too much faith in Dictionaries.. They are only a guide to usage; the
advice they give is not set in stone.
I made it clear that the reference was to the sequence of stages from
student to teacher to student and so on. This is a perfectly legitimate use of
'generation'. even if metaphorically.
The reference you quote was to the 'average' time for a generation from
parent to offspring and s on. Peter Marshall and I have a photographer friend who
is a great grandfather at 60. I think that he was at the Steinbock lecture as
well
Maybe he managed to be a great grandfather that young by not taking up gum
printing
Terry
In a message dated 9/4/06 11:17:18 pm, john.grocott403@ntlworld.com writes:
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> WOW ! !
>
> From Collins English Dictionary:-
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> ''Generation''
>
> 2. A successive stage in natural descent of people or animals or the
> individuals produced at each stage.
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> 3. the average time between two such generations of a species: about 35
> years for humans.
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> ............................................
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> Could a number cruncher on the List please tell us how many years this adds
> up to?
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>
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Received on Sun Apr 9 16:53:00 2006
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