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Re: Final text of GPL v3



On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:45:48 +1000 Ben Finney wrote:

> Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> 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.

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