fabpig 143 Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 I will never make a prediction. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaryan 70 Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Technically the rule applies only to the time after you said it. You made a prediction that as soon as your prediction is over you will never make a prediction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fabpig 143 Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) Interesting. I think the 'never', implies that the requirement has not already been met. For example, you wouldn't say "I'll never score a goal/touchdown/home run", if you already had. Edited May 14, 2012 by fabpig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaryan 70 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Interesting. I think the 'never', implies that the requirement has not already been met. For example, you wouldn't say "I'll never score a goal/touchdown/home run", if you already had. While that may be true, that's generally used when you find something impossible to do, in that you're not up to it. But this is more face-value, I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fabpig 143 Posted May 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Not sure that it matters. Let's change the example to "I'll never do the London Marathon". Not because it's impossible, nor because it's beyond me, but because I don't want to. Again, it also means that I haven't already done it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaryan 70 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Not sure that it matters. Let's change the example to "I'll never do the London Marathon". Not because it's impossible, nor because it's beyond me, but because I don't want to. Again, it also means that I haven't already done it. Touché. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bonanova 85 Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 "Will" is, um, future tense. Which is why it made sense for the man to say "I'm innocent, and I'll never do it again!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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