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To: Libloather

It does not “infer” anything, it implies.


2 posted on 01/30/2023 2:08:44 AM PST by Graybeard58 (I stand behind Alec Baldwin!)
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To: Graybeard58

noticed that too...


3 posted on 01/30/2023 2:16:29 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: Graybeard58

Didn’t read the article, (that’s FReeper tradition) but imply vs infer is the first thing I noticed as well.

I have become too cynical. Wake me when Cruz does something that matters about this.


5 posted on 01/30/2023 3:07:51 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: Graybeard58

Happy to see several comments about the misuse of “infer”. Not sure if that is a direct quote from Cruz. If so, he should know better. If the “reporter” chose to use that term to describe what Cruz was saying, it might “imply” that correct English grammar is no longer a priority. Sad, but true!


11 posted on 01/30/2023 4:25:39 AM PST by pegrae
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To: Graybeard58

It does not “infer” anything, it implies.
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Bongino is right, they (Father and Son) are foreign agents selling U.S. secrets. Doesn’t this crime still carry the death penalty?


13 posted on 01/30/2023 4:37:30 AM PST by iontheball
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To: Graybeard58

Bingo! I heard my English teachers in my head correcting me when I saw that atrocity.

You have to wonder how such basic grammatical goofs get into publications. Of course, “Him and I went to the store.” is commonplace these days as well as many other such abuses. Another nails-on-the-board is “Team A verse Team B.” Aaaggghhh!


18 posted on 01/30/2023 6:33:13 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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