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| From | alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: A syntax question |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| References | (2 earlier) <mailman.15620.1415619071.18130.python-list@python.org> <m3qj14$srf$1@reader1.panix.com> <3l48w.682048$9R5.402039@fx29.am4> <fm48w.682049$9R5.149587@fx29.am4> <mailman.15646.1415667242.18130.python-list@python.org> |
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| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2014-11-11 09:04 +0000 |
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:53:56 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:56:11 GMT, alister > <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> declaimed the following: > >>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@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) > > They're now the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith -- formerly > led by the person who became Pope Benedict. but "I didnt expect the congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith" is not on topic. -- Never trust an automatic pistol or a D.A.'s deal. -- John Dillinger
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A syntax question Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@t-online.de> - 2014-11-10 12:07 +0100
Re: A syntax question alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-11-10 11:23 +0000
Re: A syntax question David Palao <dpalao.python@gmail.com> - 2014-11-10 12:31 +0100
Re: A syntax question Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-10 14:44 +0000
Re: A syntax question alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-11-10 14:54 +0000
Re: A syntax question alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-11-10 14:56 +0000
Re: A syntax question Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-11-10 19:53 -0500
Re: A syntax question alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-11-11 09:04 +0000
Re: A syntax question Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-10 16:11 +0000
Re: A syntax question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 03:18 +1100
Re: A syntax question Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-11-10 14:48 -0500
Re: A syntax question Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-10 20:08 +0000
Re: A syntax question Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-11-10 14:29 -0600
Re: A syntax question Wolfgang Maier <wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> - 2014-11-10 12:39 +0100
Re: A syntax question Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-11-10 09:35 -0500
Re: A syntax question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 01:54 +1100
Re: A syntax question Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-11-10 16:10 +0100
Re: A syntax question Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-11-10 10:27 -0500
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