A syntax question

[alister]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:54:55 +0000, alister wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:44:53 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-11-10, David Palao <dpalao.python at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> My crystal ball is currently in for repair and is not expected back
>>>> in the foreseeable future.
>>>
>>> Without a crystal ball, this prediction might be not well founded.
>> 
>> That isn't a prediction.  It's an explicit statement of no prediction.
>> He said that it is "not expected back" rather than "expected not to be
>> back".  They're two different things.  The former asserts a _lack_ of
>> expection/prediction.  The latter asserts an expectation/prediction.
> 
> It was only a a joke maybe it was a bit to subtle

I didn't expect the Spanish inquisition (Damn wish Id though of that 
before sending the last post)



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