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To: goldbux

No, it’s not. It’s a common figure of speech.


77 posted on 01/15/2017 11:12:11 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry
Not attacking you. Just pointing out a popular idiom's language error.

On Monday, November 7, 2016 there was widespread disagreement on what the hours-away "foreseeable future" would bring (Trump's election win), although many well-informed folks had been analyzing & debating it for 18 months.

On Friday, November 22, 1963 at noon Dallas time, JFK was enjoying the ride in his motorcade's convertible. No one [other than the perps] knew what the "foreseeable future" (half an hour away) held.

A more precise term would be "anticipated future" or "likely future" or "projected future" based on sound statistical evidence. "Tomorrow will be similar to today, + or - 0.001%" is the general worldview, but rarely articulated that way. I like "likely."

79 posted on 01/15/2017 12:17:27 PM PST by goldbux (When you're odd the odds are with you.)
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