635. “I
can’t be making a mistake; I was with him today.”
‘I was
with him today’ –
like any
other assertion –
is open
to question –
open to
doubt
the
preface ‘I can’t be mistaken’ –
is to say
– I am certain’
such a
claim is logically bankrupt –
its only
value is rhetorical
© greg t. charlton. 2010.