On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Derek Parnell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:45:44 -0500, Jarrett Billingsley wrote: > >> Also, "I think I don't like X" is not proper English. Say "I don't >> think I like X" or just "I don't like X" instead. > > Of course its proper English. > > "I think I don't like X" means that I'm undecided about whether or not I > like X but I probably do not like it. > > "I don't think I like X" means that I *know* that I don't like X, there is > no uncertainty.
See, it's funny, because I would think "I don't think I like X" means that I'm undecided about whether or not I like X but I probably don't; and that "I don't like X" means that I know that I don't like it. "I think I don't X" just sounds very unnatural to me.
