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[[File:Rene and brian.jpg|450px|thumb|center|I jam, therefore I am.]] | |||
}}The {{tag|verb}} you use when “to be” — the foundational verb of the English language — the very bedrock from which [[Descartes]] derived our existence as intellectual beings — won’t do. | |||
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> “I [[shall]] [[for the time being]], be engaged in cognitive activity; as a direct consequence thereof, I [[shall]] be [[deemed]] [[constitute]]d.” | ||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[I never said it was]] | *[[I never said it was]] | ||
*[[René Descartes]], and [[cogito ergo sum]] | |||
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