[Genealib] Abbreviation "ms't"

[Drew Smith]

Linda,
 
Not as I understand its usage.  From the Oxford English Dictionary:
 
"instant": "said of the current calendar month"
 
So it really means "of this month".
 
Drew Smith


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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Hasting
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Subject: RE: [Genealib] Abbreviation "ms't"


So could you say it means within the last 30 days?

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From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu on behalf of Craig R. Scott
Sent: Tue 5/23/2006 4:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [Genealib] Abbreviation "ms't"


This just seems to be a day when I have to be disagreeable.
 
Actually it is not "in the current month".  For example if it says, died on
the 20th inst. and it was written the next month on the 5th it means
previous.
 
Inst. always means the current month. If someone died on the 20th inst, you
would be writing in the same month, before the end of the month. If you were
writing on the 5th the following month it would be 20th ult. (which means
the 20th ultimo, which means previous month).
 
C.
 
Craig R. Scott, CG
President & CEO
Heritage Books, Inc.   

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