Ralph Shumaker wrote:
DJA wrote:
Marieke Thayer wrote:
IMO. There is a difference between "I do not know if this will work"
and "I do not think this will work".
The second statement implies the first. Both imply an unknown measure
of ignorance. So they are essentially the same.
You take far too great liberties to make them the same. The first seems
to be a subset of the second, like a tree is a plant.
"Seems to be a subset". So, you are expressing that you don't KNOW that
it's a subset, but you THINK it might be.
Saying they are
essentially the same is like saying that all plants are trees.
Essentially? See the irony here? ;)
The
first expresses only lack of knowledge. The second expresses doubt, and
implies a lack of knowledge (as you stated).
Again. What I said.
My conclusion then should have been more explicit in its implication:
In practice (i.e. in a conversational context), they are essentially the
same.
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