On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:45:48 +1000 Ben Finney wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is "I am afraid it cannot" a definite answer? > > It does not even seem to express certainty... > > (I am not a professor of English) > > The usage of "I am afraid that <assertion>" in English has changed. [...] > To express > uncertainty, it might be clearer to say "I fear that <assertion>" or > "I think that <assertion>".
Good, thanks for the explanation. -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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