Thread: "To insinuate" vs "to imply"
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Old 05-Jan-2006, 06:50
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Default Re: "To insinuate" vs "to imply"
The structure is the same- insinuate/imply that... I imagine the inappropriateness would come from the use iof 'insinuate' with a positive context:
Are you insinuating that he's honest?
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