In a scale of 0 to 100 what is in your opinion the degree of certainty for "I think" in a sentence like: "I think it is going to rain."
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In a scale of 0 to 100 what is in your opinion the degree of certainty for "I think" in a sentence like: "I think it is going to rain."
Tone of voice can affect this; 'I thiiiink it's going to rain' would be less certain. Without any tone of voice, I'd say fairly certain- 75%. ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by jose maria
This is funny!
I'd never had thought of 'scaling' this verb! [75%...I'll remember that one :)]. "I'm sure" would be 100% then!
:) :)
99.9% :-)
According to me, I think - it is the degree of certainly, because...Quote:
Originally Posted by tdol
Ahh, but then I think, and I think you'd probably agree with me, that it might be possible to say that there could be room to believe...