http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=infer&x=0&y=0
The word is also a synonym for "indicate", "suggest" and "hint"
----- Original Message -----
From: Sean Corfield
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:59 AM
Subject: Hot Button - English pedantry (was: cfmail suddenly not working...very wierd
> But the error message infers that the login is not being accepted.
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*implies*
You might *infer* from the error message that the login is not being accepted.
The error message might well *imply* that the login is not being accepted.
Sorry, but my wife & I were just bemoaning the fact that many people
out there don't know the difference between affect / effect, mute /
moot, and infer / imply and I swore to her that computer people get
infer / imply right most of the time...
</hot button>
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