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Old 28-Nov-2005, 15:21
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How to put this short,clear and concise?

"You should have done that already two weeks ago"

"But I couldn't because I wasn't informed about it"
"I could only act: 1) according to the knowledge that I had then"
2) by the information that I had then
3) in the light of information that I had then
4)within the information that I had then

I guess these are all wrong, but couldn't come up with anything better.
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Old 29-Nov-2005, 04:48
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I could only act on what I knew then.
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Thank you very much tdol

How about my examples that I made up of my own head.
Are they totally akward?
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2&3 are fine, and I think 3 is the best.
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OK
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