Re: Card trick when you guess wrong
  By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Sat Aug 12 2017 06:01:02

 JD>> in·fer

 RN> What are you in fer?

50 years


 JD>> /in'fYr/


 JD>> verb

 JD>> verb: infer; 3rd person present: infers; past tense: inferred; past
 JD>> participle: inferred; gerund or present participle: inferring

 RN> Well, at least it isn't a dangling participle (yet).

depends on if you grab it and hold it up 


 JD>> deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather
 JD>> than from explicit statements.
 JD>> "from these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing" 

 RN> Now you're talking. (-:

 JD>> synonyms: deduce, conclude, conjecture, surmise, reason, interpret,
 JD>> gather, understand, presume, assume, take it, extrapolate; 

 RN> Conjecture is a noun and therefore out of place.

Dont blame me, blame the dictionary I found.


 JD>> read between the lines, figure (out); 

 JD>> informalreckon 

 RN> Is that a word? (-:0

Must be.  It was on the Internet after all <G>

 JD>> "is it really possible to infer that a crime was committed, given
 JD>> this flimsy evidence 

 RN> I don't see any evidence.

You're lookin in the wrong place 

 JD>> im·ply


 JD>> /im'pl+/


 JD>> verb

 JD>> verb: imply; 3rd person present: implies; past tense: implied; past
 JD>> participle: implied; gerund or present participle: implying

 RN> See above.

 JD>> strongly suggest the truth or existence of (something not expressly
 JD>> stated). "the salesmen who uses jargon to imply his superior
 JD>> knowledge" 

 RN> Ah, that's what you're doing!

 JD>> synonyms: insinuate, suggest, hint (at), intimate, say indirectly,
 JD>> indicate, give someone to understand, convey the impression, signal
 JD>> "are you implying he is mad?" 

 RN> Good enough.

 JD>> ct or occurrence) suggest (something) as a logical consequence.
 JD>> "the forecasted traffic increase implied more roads and more air
 JD>> pollution" 

 RN> Something is missing here.

That was cut and copy, so likely the 'CT" was part of "Fact"  I googled both
words and got those daffynitions


Joe
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