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Mon 2007-11-05 00:14
Settling in
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[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.comMon 2007-11-05 11:09
At least you're fast making progress. Most people *never* fully move in, their last ununpacked[1] boxes being finally sorted through by their next-of-kin... OTOH, maybe that thought wasn't as cheery as it was when I thought of it.

[1] Can you justify my using "unpacked" there? That's obviously wrong, yet seems to convey the meaning better than "ununpacked"...
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[personal profile] simontMon 2007-11-05 11:12
"their last still-packed boxes" would be the simplest way to say it, surely?

I don't think I can justify "unpacked" at all.
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[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.comTue 2007-11-06 11:12
Ah! I knew I'd heard something about it: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002171.html

So unjustifiable, but common. I'm happy to have an answer :)
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