Timeline for Expect: How to disambiguate dual meaning?
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| Sep 29, 2016 at 18:24 | comment | added | Centaurus | @BoldBen Good call ! | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 7:07 | comment | added | BoldBen | There is also the other word order which has not been mentioned namely "I do not expect to hear from you again". With this full word order it tends to have the 'order' connotation and to imply "If you contact me again, I'm calling my lawyer!" However if it is changed slightly to "I don't expect to hear from you again" or even more so "I don't expect that I shall hear from you again" it tends to become softer and imply "I free you from the obligation of further contact". This would be strengthened by adding "thank you for your help in this matter" or some similar phrase to the sentence. | |
| Sep 28, 2016 at 15:22 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | More unambiguously non-commandy (but retaining expect) would be “I expect I won't hear from you again”. Although that, in turn, can be taken to express disappointment; as in “I wrote John a very polite message about it, but I expect I won't be hearing back from him”, where hearing back would be a positive thing, and it is mainly your knowledge of John’s character that makes you expect that he won't give you an answer. | |
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| Sep 28, 2016 at 13:06 | history | answered | Centaurus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |