Re: English was Re: Why can't we scroll the window with the middle button?

In a valiant and sublime effort,Niall Litchfield frowned, dipped a thumb in soot and doodled:

>> 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.
>

And when all else fails, just say:

I wonder...

(like B.C. used to say: Humans don't think, they just wonder.) <d&r>

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam Received on Mon Nov 05 2001 - 04:58:20 CST