Infer\Imply?

**Tdol** · 20-Oct-2003, 22:39

Does the usage bother you?

**RonBee** · 20-Oct-2003, 23:46

We imply something by what we say. We infer something from something somebody else says.

:)

**Tdol** · 21-Oct-2003, 13:02

Do people use 'infer' for 'imply' in AE? It's becoming very common here.

**RonBee** · 21-Oct-2003, 14:05

Originally Posted by tdol

Do people use 'infer' for 'imply' in AE? It's becoming very common here.

1. Oh, yes.
2. If somebody offered a correction every time that happened it would happen less often, but, of course, that doesn't happen.

:wink:

**Casiopea** · 21-Oct-2003, 17:17

Originally Posted by RonBee

Originally Posted by tdol

Do people use 'infer' for 'imply' in AE? It's becoming very common here.

1. Oh, yes.
2. If somebody offered a correction every time that happened it would happen less often, but, of course, that doesn't happen.

:wink:

:D What can we infer from that implication?

What can we imply from that inference?

Cas :D

**Tdol** · 23-Oct-2003, 13:24

I think my brain just imploded.

**Casiopea** · 23-Oct-2003, 13:28

Originally Posted by tdol

I think my brain just imploded.

Ok. I saw that and it was scary

**Tdol** · 24-Oct-2003, 21:03

Fortunately, it was a very small implosion.

**RonBee** · 25-Oct-2003, 07:24

Did anybody notice that I managed to use happen three times in one sentence? What did you infer from that?

:wink:

**Tdol** · 26-Oct-2003, 23:01

That you happen to have a limited vocab?

))))

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