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Hotmale Posted 5 years ago
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Infer a thought into a thought

Hello,

Could you tell me what does infer a thought into a thought, as in the example below, mean?

"The boy can't infer the thought "If I'm polite, I receive a treat" into the thought "If I am not polite, I don't receive a treat".


Thank you

  

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That is a mistake, a misuse of "infer". You can't infer anything into something. "'

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That is a mistake, a misuse of "infer". You can't infer anything into something. The writer meant 'The boy can't infer the thought "If I am not polite, I don't receive a treat" from the thought "If I'm polite, I receive a treat."'

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HotmaleThe boy can't infer the thought "If I'm polite, I receive a treat" into from? the thought "If I am not polite, I don't receive a treat"

Something is wrong here. It appears to be a misuse of infer.

You might want to look up "infer", "imply", and "entail". These are terms from the field of l

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