[Grammar] to think - to suspect

[dilodi83]

Are both these two verbs - to think and to suspect - suitable in this sentence?

I strongly.............. that her current enthusiasm is not going to last.

 

[freezeframe]

Suspect is good.

I guess "strongly think" might be possible, but we don't usually say that.

A common phrase is "strongly believe".

 

[birdeen's call]

Use "suspect". "I strongly think" is an uncommon phrase at it sounds wrong to me.

PS: freezeframe was quicker. I'll add that "strongly think" gets only four hits in a BYU corpus search.