Think/believe
Do you still think/believe that's interesting?
Is there any difference at all? Is one more common than the other?
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Think is best. There is a difference. We don't usually use "believe" with "interesting".
- Think is best.
- There is a difference.
- We don't usually use "believe" with "interesting".
- Believe conveys that we think, but that we additionally consider degree of certainty.
- I believe you're mistaken/I believe you left your umbrella.
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Think is best. There is a difference.
We don't usually use "believe" with "interesting".
Believe conveys that we think, but that we additionally consider degree of certainty. I believe you're mistaken/I believe you left your umbrella. (Think that perhaps it's true.)
We use "find," however. "I find/still find that interesting."
0anonymousIs one more common than the other?
0When I ran the sentence with "believe" through the Ngram viewer it showed no (good) results.
From onelook.com and the dictionaries "think" and "believe" are sometimes synonyms, and in one context they have the same meaning: verb - to judge or regard.
For me, this question is very useful. Editors or teachers often just mark "awkward" or rewrite text, but sometimes it just can'
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