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Originally Posted By: CoffeebeanHi everyone ~
I read the following sentence in an article, and cringed.
"Wyman is pictured with then husband Ronald Reagan in 1941."
I know the sentence could have been written to say "her husband at the time..." but is there a word or phrase for that?
Yes there is phrase for that. It's "then husband." What's wrong with that?
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