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Osee Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

I want to confirm whether or not this is true.

0Someone told me the title line is wrong for the abuse of the verb confirm. I was told I could say either of the following:02br
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00I want to confirm this is true.02br
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00I want to confirm this is not ture.02br
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00But not the combination of them as titled.02br
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00What's your opinions, native English speakers? Thanks a lot.0-
  

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0 I have no problem with it. It states that confirmation is required as to whether something is or is not true.0-
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01cite10Osee12cite10What's your opinions, native English speakers?12blockquote
10 I agree it's not exactly right, but it's understandable as is anyway. One believes 01u00that02u00 X, but one isn't quite sure, so one tries to confirm 01u00that02u00 X. Confirming 01u
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0I'd say:02br
01i00I want to 01b00find02b00 whether or not this is true.02i02br
00because this is truly a process of finding/discovery, not of confimation. 02br
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01b00702b00 on 01b00"find whether or not this is true"02b02br
00but you will find:02br
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0But how about in such a context: I was told how to solve a problem in school. After going back to home, I wrote down the solution by myself. Then next morning, I gave my solution to the teacher to check. So I did need his or her confirmation on whether or not my solution was true or right. Using find in such a situation is kind of not so good as using confirm. Do you think so? Thanks. 01bloc
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0 I agree with you - you are asking for confirmation of something. That is different from wanting to find out if something is true or not. 0-
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