The phrase "about the erstwhile" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that was previously the case or existed in the past.
Example: "The discussion was primarily about the erstwhile practices of the organization before the new policies were implemented."
Alternatives: "regarding the former" or "concerning the previous".
Tsotie's habitual warm smile is notably absent as she talks about the erstwhile occupant of room number six.
But this tension actually captures the ambiguities of East Germany and the ambivalence that many Germans feel today about the erstwhile communist state.
Alongside many other delectable tidbits, such as what Plummie eats for lunch and the details of his enviable writing process, Wind settles an age-old question about the erstwhile gent's actual name: "Wodehouse," by the way, is pronounced as if it were spelled "Woodhouse".
Rather than defend his own record or lay out what he wants to do about the deficit, the erstwhile candidate of hope has set his attack dogs on such weighty issues as how much tax Mr Romney paid or how many jobs were lost at Bain Capital, a company that Mr Romney for the most part ran rather well.
When CNN's Piers Morgan interviewed Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, three things stood out to me about Emanuel: First, the erstwhile Obama aide has a passion for our nation as a land of opportunity.
The pair traded one-liners about bodily functions before the erstwhile Master of Whispers finally spelled out his grand plan to save Westeros.
You get to walk around and be mediocre, and you still get rewarded with things". As she was booed by the mostly white crowd, she continued, "We have to be exceptional to get anything in this business". The catty interview became a popular meme, even for those who didn't know or care about the origin of the erstwhile "Celebrity Apprentice" co-stars' feud (like me).
All you need to know about the controversial punctuation mark The erstwhile Labour leadership candidate, David Miliband, was on hand last week to chair the final of the Debate Mate Cup.
Byron Reeves of Stanford University has recently co-authored "Total Engagement" to outline his ideas about how gaming can turn the erstwhile plodding company man into an engaged and motivated worker.
Militiamen surrounded the camp to prevent disorder among the troops and the erstwhile volunteers wandering about.
Personal narrative of a Bangladeshi immigrant in India about the social condition of Hindus in the erstwhile East Pakistan, present day Bangladesh.
