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Grammar Geek  #545557  Wed, 23 Jul 08 06:10 PM

Ad hoc means created for a specific purpose, and with the full intention of dismantling it afterwards.

Makeshift/improvised means it was put together using what was available.

I can stand on the back of a pick-up truck, and it's a makeshift or improvides stage.

 

  
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Avangi  #545655  Thu, 24 Jul 08 02:11 AM
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 with the full intention of dismantling it afterwards.
Thanks, GG.  I hadn't picked up on that aspect of it.  That's important.

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New2grammar  #545662  Thu, 24 Jul 08 02:54 AM
Thanks again, Avangi and GG.
  
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