Imply?
"I'm not good at chess anymore."
"This implies that you were once good at chess, which is clearly wrong as you were always bad!"
Is "implies' used correctly? I don't think it is as it isn't really being indirectly said, as the meaning of the sentence "I'm not good at chess anymore." literally means that the person, who used to be good at chess, is no longer good at chess.
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Is "implies' used correctly? Yes. I don't think it is as it isn't really being indirectly said "implies" can be used whether the implication is direct or indirect.
- Is "implies' used correctly?
- Yes.
- I don't think it is as it isn't really being indirectly said "implies" can be used whether the implication is direct or indirect.
- In fact, in logical implication, also used in the context of linguistics, direct implication is really the only kind of implication that is ever mentioned.
- Indirect implication, which is a near synonym to hinting, is typically used only in ordinary, everyday situations.
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Is "implies' used correctly?
Yes.
I don't think it is as it isn't really being indirectly said
"implies" can be used whether the implication is direct or indirect. In fact, in logical implication, also used in the context of linguistics, direct implication is really the only kind of implication that is e
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