can we say "i am likely to"

0I think A and B are OK, but C is not.02br
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00«Probably I won't attend the meeting.»02br
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00«I am not going to the meeting.»0-

0A) I am likely not to attend the meeting - 02br
01sup^{00Something strikes me odd about the way it sounds. "01font00Not to attend" or "will not attned" 02font00is a strongly decisive construction that offers a clear message. To combine "likely" into "not to attend". It just carries an conflciting message within itself. 02sup}

0 So, a better version would be: "I am not likely to..." 0-

0(C) I am probably not attending the meeting02br
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00In my opinion (C) is correct.0-

0 so how are we supposed to express ourselves, when the situation is02br
00(1) there IS a high probability (but NOT with 100% certainty) of something to be happening in the future.02br
00AND (2) the "something" to be happening is "I attend the meeting" 02br
00I wanted to say "I probably won't be attending the meeting" but according to Goodman,02br
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0(A) I am likely not to attend the meeting 02br
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00(B) It's likely that I will not attend the meeting 02br
00(C) I am probably not attending the meeting02br
00I'm not likely to attend the meeting. I probably won't attend the meeting. I probably won't be attending the meeting. I don't think I'll attend the meeting. I don't think I'll be attendi

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01cite10Seraphin12cite10when the situation is12br
10(1) there IS a high probability (but NOT with 100% certainty)12br
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10 01i00I'll almost certainly attend the meeting.02i00 (NEVER 01i00I probably 01u00won't02u00 attend the meeti

0 Thanks, Jim. 02br
00I want to MAKE SURE I understand your last part, and thus comes this follow-up message.02br
00Is "NEVER I probably 01u00won't02u00 attend the meeting" simply a joke? or is it ACTUALLY a wrong expression in English? 02br
00If the former, I will take it as (a) it's ALWAYS GOOD to be positive; (b) it's ALWAYS BAD not t

0<<>00>as the word "probably" conveys the connotation of uncertainty...02br
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00Just my 2 extra cents. If I say "I probably won't have time tocome to you wedding", I am in fact giving you a hint that most likely I won't be there, instead of saying " I can't or I won't come...".00 0-

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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Is "NEVER I probably 11u10won't12u10 attend the meeting" simply a joke? or is it ACTUALLY a wrong expression in English? 12blockquote

10 It's not a joke. And it's not wrong in English.02br
00To mean what you want to mean, you would never use that sentence be