Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!ra.nrl.navy.mil!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: A syntax question Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:44:53 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1415630693 29551 67.130.15.94 (10 Nov 2014 14:44:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:44:53 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:80465 On 2014-11-10, David Palao 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. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Am I in Milwaukee? at gmail.com