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# the text inferred nothing.
You made the inference, the text makes an implication.
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=infer&r=67

dictionary.reference.com/search?q=imply&r=67
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:15, archived)
# Wow
Proper pedantry, on a scale I have never seen before.

I've started to get worried every time I type something here, because I know there is always someone ready to pedant me.
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:18, archived)
# "every time that i type"
/uberpedant about to be counter argued no doubt.


edit: and i think that the pedantry adds to the board especially if you are not particularly bothered about it.
(I helped save b3ta! Ulic hissing slightly, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:20, archived)
# also applies
to Baz-isms and sarcasm.
(Obi Wan Jonobi, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:26, archived)
# really?
Cor, I thought that was fairly tame! :O)
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:21, archived)
# There are very few who
back it up with links to reference materials. I have learnt the error of my way.
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:24, archived)
# heh!
Splendid. I try not to be too picky, but the difference between 'imply' and 'infer' seems to be confused frequently, and I decided not to let that one pass!
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:27, archived)
# quite right
However, he's wrong and pedantry is often backed up with references on this particular board of messages.
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:36, archived)
# pedant
is not a verb
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pedant
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:24, archived)
# I'm just painting pictures with words
The English language is a fluid creation, ever changing and moving. Who are we to stand in its way?
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:26, archived)
# What imply actually means is
"like an imp".
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:23, archived)
# whereas "infer"
means wearing the skin of a dead animal
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:25, archived)
# *groan*
which by your rules would be to growl/be a hulk and have possesion of that action.

i'll shut up
(I helped save b3ta! Ulic hissing slightly, Wed 18 Feb 2004, 14:30, archived)