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Originally Posted By: twosleepyCoffeebean didn't say the phrasing was incorrect, simply that she didn't like it, which she has every right not to, and also every right to make a comment indicating this.
Thank you all for your input. I thought of "erstwhile" but it seems a stuffy word to me. I bow to current usage; however, if it were my sentence I would write: "...pictured in 1941 with then-husband ..." I like that better.
Hmmph! I still retain my right to cringe!
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