Watching an NBC program just now. It was one of those spin offs of 48 Hours. "Someone like a Doctor, the state inferred," said the announcer.
No!
The State, in the person of the prosecutor, IMPLIED.
The message encoder Implies. The message decoder Infers. That's the meaning of the two words. I imply. You infer. That's the way it works and not otherwise.
And while we're on it - "Begging the question" does not mean "really wants us to raise the question." Begging the question means to argue in a circular fashion.
I really wish newscasters, some of whom must be intelligent, would get these two simple and unexceptional bits of English grammar correct.
And don't get me started on "sort of unique."
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