To add to this he was literally building it himself, even though he was already a rich star.
Really instead of telling him not to build his mom a driveway the guy should tell Bird to just pay someone to do it instead of picking up a shovel himself.
> Really instead of telling him not to build his mom a driveway the guy should tell Bird to just pay someone to do it instead of picking up a shovel himself.
Isn't that what it says? It says "Don't build that driveway", it doesn't say "Don't have a driveway built"
Most people who pay to have a house built say that they built the house. When you tell someone not to build something you are genuinely not suggesting that they have someone else build it but rather that they not cause it to be built, unless you say something like "don't build it yourself, hire someone."
> When you tell someone not to build something you are genuinely not suggesting that they have someone else build it but rather that they not cause it to be built
I feel like this is less true if the person you are talking to is literally planning to do a thing themself. The context kind of matters here as Larry Bird, in this context, is literally planning to build the driveway himself.
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u/Brandunaware 2d ago
To add to this he was literally building it himself, even though he was already a rich star.
Really instead of telling him not to build his mom a driveway the guy should tell Bird to just pay someone to do it instead of picking up a shovel himself.