one more any...not, in the wild

[Wilson Gray]

I think that the poor guy painted himself into a semantic corner. He surely
wouldn't have wanted to say, "We like to say that anything can happen.
Nothing's gonna happen with the Giants this year. Uh, I mean ..." It looks
like an excellent example of thinking on one's feet. ;-)

-Wilson

On 4/25/06, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Just noticed this one in my files:
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> "We like to say that anything can happen.  Anything's not gonna
> happen with the Giants this year."
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> --pessimistic appraisal of NY Giants' football team by Mike Francesa
> on opening day of the season, 9/12/04
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> [another direct rebuttal context, of course]
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