Prediction

[fabpig 143]

I will never make a prediction.

[Aaryan 70]

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.

[fabpig 143]

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

[Aaryan 70]

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.

[fabpig 143]

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.

[Aaryan 70]

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.

[bonanova 85]

"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!"