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Hello everyone,
Can we call the following sentence "negative impossibility"?
He couldn't be here.
Or must it be called just "impossibility"?
Regards,
JA
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Joseph A Hello everyone, Can we call the following sentence "negative impossibility"? He couldn't be here. Or must it be called just "impossibility"?
- Joseph A Hello everyone, Can we call the following sentence "negative impossibility"?
- He couldn't be here.
- Or must it be called just "impossibility"?
- Regards, JA Just 'impossibility'.
- Or 'deduced impossibility'.
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Joseph AHello everyone,
Can we call the following sentence "negative impossibility"?
He couldn't be here.
Or must it be called just "impossibility"?
Regards,
JA
Just 'impossibility'. Or 'deduced impossibility'.
CJ
0Joseph ACan we call the following sentence "negative impossibility"?
No.
Joseph AOr must it be called just "impossibility"?
That depends on the context. Consider the following:
Situation 1:
A: I am disappointed he is/was absent.
B: He had to go out of town at short notice. He couldn't be
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