On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:59:13 -0500, Jarrett Billingsley wrote: > 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.
Maybe is a difference between American English and Australian English? -- Derek Parnell Melbourne, Australia skype: derek.j.parnell
