"Michael G. Schneider" <mgs_at_mgs-software.de> wrote in message
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> "Michael G. Schneider" <mgs_at_mgs-software.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>
> > But I suspect in Java you also have some
> > type of message pumping. I further suspect that you ...
>
> I just learned to know that "suspect" does not express what I wanted to
say.
> The correct verb should have been "assume". It seems as if "suspect" is
also
> (maybe exclusively) used in the context of "illegal, crminal".
Actually your original use of suspect was just fine. I suspect that ...
perfectly covers your situation of 'I don't know for siure but I imagine...'
Suspect as a noun is pretty much exclusively used for 'person under criminal
investigation'. As a verb it has wide applicability.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission Uk
Received on Mon Nov 05 2001 - 03:21:06 CST
