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Usage: if you really feel the need to [[I never said it was|state the negative]], and something like “this is not financial advice” seems insufficiently portentous, try ''“this material shall not [[constitute]], or be [[deemed]] to [[constitute]], financial advice.”'' | Usage: if you really feel the need to [[I never said it was|state the negative]], and something like “this is not financial advice” seems insufficiently portentous, try ''“this material shall not [[constitute]], or be [[deemed]] to [[constitute]], financial advice.”'' | ||
The present indicative form of the verb be must be the most rudimentary expression of meaning in the English language. It is only right that legal | The present indicative form of the verb be must be the most rudimentary expression of meaning in the English language. It is only right that [[legal eagle]]s should bastardise it. As [[René Descartes]]’ [[legal eagle|legal team]] is rumoured to have said,<ref>They didn’t. I just made this up.</ref> “[[cogito, ergo sum]], or I [[shall]] [[for the time being]], be engaged in cognitive activity; as a direct consequence thereof, I [[shall]] be [[deemed]] to be [[constitute]]d.” | ||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[I never said it was]] | *[[I never said it was]] | ||
*[[René Descartes]] | |||
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