what does this sentence mean?
"The scholarship was created by the late wife of John Conway"

Does "late" mean that the husband is dead or the wife is dead? I am writing a personal statement for a grad school application, and I don't want to mess up.

11/8/2007 12:02:27 PM

oh wow.


are you serious?

11/8/2007 12:03:20 PM

John Conway is a very famous mathematician

and he's still alive

so...

11/8/2007 12:03:29 PM

This is the dumbest thread ever.

The hamburger was eaten by the fat wife of Joe Smith.

I DUNNO, IS HIS WIFE THE FAT OR IS JOE THE FAT? ENGLISH CONFUSES ME.

How the hell you are even applying to grad school amazes me.

11/8/2007 12:04:10 PM

sounds like his wife started it and has since past away.

they would've said "created by the wife of the late John Conway" if it was the other way around...

11/8/2007 12:04:12 PM

whatever, he went to NC State in the 70s and then died, a scholarship was created in his name.



[Edited on November 8, 2007 at 12:04 PM. Reason : only one person can ever have the name "John Conway"]

11/8/2007 12:04:20 PM

Quote :

"only one person can ever have the name "John Conway""

yes

11/8/2007 12:05:02 PM

hes not dead man hahah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horton_Conway

11/8/2007 12:05:10 PM

John Estes Conway, once again it isn't impossible for two people to have the same name

[Edited on November 8, 2007 at 12:06 PM. Reason : hahah]

11/8/2007 12:05:47 PM

I would not apply to grad school if you don't understand how adjectives work.

11/8/2007 12:06:37 PM

applying for engineering, I still admitedly don't know anything about grammar

[Edited on November 8, 2007 at 12:08 PM. Reason : so give me crap all you want, I am not denying that I don't know anything about adjectives or grammar]

[Edited on November 8, 2007 at 12:08 PM. Reason : r]

11/8/2007 12:07:32 PM

why would you apply to grad school anyway, regardless of if I have any knowledge of adjectives

[Edited on November 8, 2007 at 12:10 PM. Reason : rethink your own sentence structuring before you try to cut on me]

11/8/2007 12:09:18 PM

you could have easily googled his name to see if he was dead

i'm doubting your problem solving skills

11/8/2007 12:09:19 PM

lol, I know that he is dead. I receive money from a fund created in his honor every year

11/8/2007 12:10:51 PM

OMFG HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

this has made my day

thank you

11/8/2007 12:18:13 PM

Quote :

"sounds like his wife started it and has since past away."

passed

11/8/2007 12:58:28 PM