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How could you infer something from what you have written yourself?No, I mean infer:D. But this might be one of those days on MSE me thinks :eek:
infer verb
/ɪnˈfɜːr/
/-ˈfɝː/ v [T] (-rr-) formal
to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have
What do you infer from her refusal?
[+ that] I inferred from her expression that she wanted to leave.
Poppy10 was right, you implied. I would have thought you'd have looked up the meaning before denying it - it's a fairly common misuse of the word, although I can see that it's rather irritating to have it pointed out!0 -
How could you infer something from what you have written yourself?
infer verb
/ɪnˈfɜːr//-ˈfɝː/ v [T] (-rr-) formal
to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have
What do you infer from her refusal?
[+ that] I inferred from her expression that she wanted to leave.
Poppy10 was right, you implied. I would have thought you'd have looked up the meaning before denying it - it's a fairly common misuse of the word, although I can see that it's rather irritating to have it pointed out!
Oh yes, so irritating [rolleyes].0
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