No emphasis required
I was talking about clearance, not instructions.
The original question was, in part, about requesting. Requesting a clearance is not the same as requesting an instruction.
However I agree my answer was misleading, and , yes, with hindsight unhelpful; rather than say that you would announce your intentions (which in practice is what happens at some airfields with a FISO - to which the reply "Roger, nothing known to affect" usually follows), I should have said "when requesting taxi instructions". I consider myself duly (heavily) corrected.
Nevertheless a clearance is not given, unless, as regards rule 35 and 36 rules of the air, it originates from an ATCO, usually subsequent to a flight plan, or to do with ATC compliance and procedure where applicable. It is still not given by the FISO under their own volition, rather passed on, if you will.