Thursday, 8 January 2009 11:28 am

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I've seen this error enough times, even from people with English as a first language, that I feel a need to state the correction here:

Your ancestors are your relatives who came before you, like great-great-grandparents. The term is best used for those who are long dead.

Relatives who will come after you, like great-great-grandchildren, are descendants. This should not be hard to remember.
Date: Thursday, 8 January 2009 05:15 pm (UTC)

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Wow, I haven't encountered this mistake.

I love it when you post stuff like this :)

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