No. An obvious answer would have been "I will be 22 on Jan 1st, 2009". And in fact, that is the answer I asked for.
A less obvious answer would have been "I will turn 23 mid-2009".
A completely vague answer is telling me what your current age is, and what your age at a random date will be. You could turn 23 tomorrow for all I $#@!ing know and "22 now, 23 mid-2009" would still be a valid statement.
How old will you be on 1st January, 2009?
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Usually though, "skill" is used to covertly mean "match the game exactly to my level of competence." Anyone who is at all worse than me should fail utterly (and humorously!) and anyone better is clearly too caught up in the game and their opinions shouldn't count.
Insufficient post count to vote, but I figured I'd chime in anyways:
I'll turn 19 on the 13th of October.
I'll turn 19 on the 13th of October.
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Juckto: Valid point, I apologize. But allow me to point out that most people, when mentioning that they will be a certain age and mention a time, usually mean that they will become that age AT that time, rather than before. It was my fault for assuming you'd immediately come to such a conclusion.
Again, my apologies.
Again, my apologies.
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I apologise. But allow me to point out that most people, when asked a simple, direct question, are able to answer it with a simple direct answer.
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Usually though, "skill" is used to covertly mean "match the game exactly to my level of competence." Anyone who is at all worse than me should fail utterly (and humorously!) and anyone better is clearly too caught up in the game and their opinions shouldn't count.
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