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dballance

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12. I Think Your Statement is Correct. Yes, It Also Means "May Not Have."

Reply to El Progreso (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 24, 2013, 03:34 PM

Apr 2013

Just another one of the weaselly-worded sentences that is worded to try to say someone is guilty without really saying. It also gives the person/organization making the statement the weasel room later, if proven wrong, to say they never said xyz was guilty of causing abc.

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I Think Your Statement is Correct. Yes, It Also Means "May Not Have." dballance Apr 2013 #12

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