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It's Wednesday and HSBC are leaving again! I'm sure they will be happy to move from the UK, where finance crime is not prosecuted, to the EU.

• tonyedgecombe 10y ago
  This time it was a statement of fact, he said they will move the staff.
  • Sacho 10y ago
    The two parts of your sentence contradict each other; a statement of fact must describe a past event (we moved our office) or current state (we cannot stay here due to Brexit). "We will move the staff" is a promise or a prediction, but it has not happened yet.
    • danielsamuels 10y ago
      "I'm leaving the office at 5PM today" is a statement of fact, even though it hasn't happened yet. "I've got a doctors appointment tomorrow morning" is a statement of fact, even though it hasn't happened yet.
      • Chris2048 10y ago
        That's not entirely True. "I intend to leave the office at 5PM today" is a statement of fact, it is neither True, or known to be True (epistemological the same) only once verified to some standard. You can assume "I intend" == "it will happen", but that's not a strongly accepted assumption.