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Old 23-Nov-2004, 10:21
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Default Re: Does "former teachers" make sense?

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Originally Posted by Casiopea
Well, it's OK, but it has an idiomatic ring to it, and it's not always a positive one, in that it can mean, the one I had before, but one that has since been replaced by something/someone better.

EX: She is my former girlfriend.
EX: He is one of our former employees.

Try,

My teachers from high school
My friends from high school
Cas, I get your point about it not being always a positive one. As a native-speaker, if you hear someone saying "I miss my former classmates/friends/teachers", you don't feel weird, do you?
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