human
Your excellent minister, he said,
gpt
May be so;
human
It is more than likely I shall;
gpt
There is little doubt upon the question;
human
It is more than probable it will be so. He means these phrases to have the same effect upon you as the positive or imperative mood; and yet if you take them in this sense, and he does not act up to them, he says,
gpt
O, I did not say I would.
human
It is more than probable, that he would meet him at such an hour. And when reminded of his failure, he said,
gpt
I did not promise.