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Think and figure

0 What's the difference between the verbs "think" and "figure," as in "I think I can do it," and "I figure I can do it?" 0-
  

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" 02br 02br 00RH: Basically the only difference is one of formality and frequency of use. 'think' is used more frequently and it's more formal in nature than 'figure'. 0-

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  • " 02br 02br 00RH: Basically the only difference is one of formality and frequency of use.
  • 'think' is used more frequently and it's more formal in nature than 'figure'.
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0 What's the difference between the verbs "think" and "figure," as in "I think I can do it," and "I figure I can do it?" 02br
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00RH: Basically the only difference is one of formality and frequency of use. 'think' is used more frequently and it's more formal in nature than 'figure'. 0-
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0 'Think' belongs to all contexts; so it's not necessarily more formal than 'figure': 02br
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00"Think it's gonna rain?" 02br
00"Yup." 02br
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00'Figure' belongs mostly to conversational or conversation-like contexts. It's much more frequent in American than British English. (I'm not sure about Australian, etc.) 02br
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