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Is? No it's not. It could be. > aims to have one flying early next year. Using the present tense is not justified.
by lolc 8y ago
Is? No it's not. It could be.
> aims to have one flying early next year.
Using the present tense is not justified.
- shaki-dora 8y agoBilbo Baggings is a Hobbit.
- azag0 8y agoWords are used in a context which shapes their meaning. “Is” there implies to most that the aircraft already exists.
- em3rgent0rdr 8y ago“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.”
- azag0 8y agoWell, he was right about that, although there is little doubt his intent was to deceive.
- lolc 8y agoAre you saying that the headline obviously belongs to the fantasy domain?
- gpm 8y agoBilbo Baggins currently exists, as a fantasy character. The character in my new novel Tina Taggins will be a gnome though. I haven't written in that character yet. "is" vs "will" is a tense thing. This isn't yet a plane like Tina Taggins isn't yet a character in my novel so "will" is a appropriate.
- Robotbeat 8y agoThey're building it now, so it exists in some form already if not complete.
- Piskvorrr 8y agoSure. Flying cars just around the corner, for a century now. Not holding my breath.
- Groxx 8y agoalso Bloomberg[1] mentions this: > The company plans to fly a prototype of the “Alice” design at the Paris Air Show in June ... So yea, seems premature, since they're getting close to a prototype. [1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-12/pioneering-electric-plane-needs-200-million-for-final-push https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-12/pioneerin...
- tristanb 8y agoIt's never going to fly, its a scam. https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=18620766&goto=item%3Fid%3D18602771%2318620766 https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=18620766&goto=item%3Fi...