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Discover LudwigThe phrase "same former" is not grammatically correct and should not be used in written English
A possible correct way to phrase it would be "former self" or "former version." Example: "She had changed so much from her former self that her friends didn't recognize her."
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"Richard looks like the savior of Barneys," said that same former executive.
Ten years later, the same former students are all too aware of the problem.
But he now finds himself under fire from those same former supporters, as promised reforms have failed to appear.
The spa scenes were filmed in Anzio at the same former casino Fellini used in "Amarcord" (1973).
And although Myanmar's aging autocrat, Gen. Than Shwe, retired, the constitutional leadership that replaced his junta included many of the same former generals.
Ms. Reyes, though coached by the same former Cowgirl who had coached Ms. Cornejo, Christine Sarry, too often lapsed into shtick.
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"It was the same old Burnley," joked former Swindon striker Austin.
Its predecessor, Ingress, was created by the same company, former Google subsidiary Niantic.
That same evening, former MPs will face their party activists – and apologise.
Dr Carson announced his White House ambitions Monday, the same day former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina entered the race.
At the same time former no-name solar companies, charged with entrepreneurship and venture capital, sped past and helped forge an entire industry.
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