Different activities have different contexts for what "being able to do it" means.
If I said I can't drive, that means I have no license and probably think there's too high of a chance of something going wrong if I drove. That doesn't mean that idk how to steer, hit the gas, or brake.
If I said I can't walk that means I'm paralyzed.
Swimming is somewhere in between those two on the spectrum of "what does it mean when I say I can't".
I'd say that I am currently a bad/weak swimmer because I had some independent practice recently, but there was definitely a time where I'd say I didn't know how to swim even though I had taken lessons at that point.
Yeah I understand (but thank you for making sure) and I guess I'm just placing it closer to walk than most others. If you told me you couldn't climb trees I'd assume you were paralyzed too and swimming is in the same area in my view.
If that is what people mean when they say they cannot swim, then it makes sense.
I mean I guess I would? If you can pedal and give it momentum and keep your balance for a while, then you can ride a bike.
Different activities have different contexts for what "being able to do it" means.
If I said I can't drive, that means I have no license and probably think there's too high of a chance of something going wrong if I drove. That doesn't mean that idk how to steer, hit the gas, or brake.
If I said I can't walk that means I'm paralyzed.
Swimming is somewhere in between those two on the spectrum of "what does it mean when I say I can't".
I'd say that I am currently a bad/weak swimmer because I had some independent practice recently, but there was definitely a time where I'd say I didn't know how to swim even though I had taken lessons at that point.
Yeah I understand (but thank you for making sure) and I guess I'm just placing it closer to walk than most others. If you told me you couldn't climb trees I'd assume you were paralyzed too and swimming is in the same area in my view.