Derek Parnell wrote:
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:51:46 -0800, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
bearophile wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu:
I think the "g", "i", and "m" flags are popular enough if you've done any
amount of regex
programming.<
I think I don't like the "g".
How can anyone think they don't like something? You like it or not, but
it's not the result of a thought process. I guess.
It is not a question of whether one likes or doesn't like; this expression
is attempting to say something about one's level of certainty about liking
something. That is to say, one might not be positive if they *know* if they
like something or not, therefore they *think* (suspect, but not have
definitive evidence) of their stance.
I see. Me, I always use "think" to evoke an actual thinking process.
Otherwise I use "feel" or "believe". (This turns out to be important in
various interpersonal interactions, e.g. do you want to drive the
conversation towards thoughts or feelings? Guess which is gonna get you
a date :o).) So by definition I can't think I like something. But I
understand how some may use "I think" as a synonym for "Without being
sure, to me it seems".
Andrei
