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Re: A doubt about infinite loop

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Mark Bluemel <mark_bluemel@pobox.com> writes:
> On 09/26/2011 11:59 PM, Seebs wrote:
> > In most dialects of English, a "doubt" is what happens when someone
> > tells you something but you do not believe them.  If you want something
> > explained, what you have is a question or an uncertainty.
> 
> I would think that by now native speakers of Indian English have been
> posting to UseNet, including this newsgroup, long enough for this
> discussion to be dead and buried.
> 
> In the dialect of English the OP is familiar with, "doubt" is pretty
> much synonymous with "uncertainty".
> 
> Given that his query was perfectly intelligible, quibbling about the
> difference between his dialect and yours seems petty.

But warning the OP that the terminology he's using is far from 
universal and likely to be misunderstood by many is helpful. 

Phil
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"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."
-- Napoleon

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  Re: A doubt about infinite loop Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-09-25 07:32 -0700
  Re: A doubt about infinite loop jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2011-09-25 14:39 +0000
  Re: A doubt about infinite loop Kleuskes & Moos <kleuske@somewhere.else.net> - 2011-09-25 15:03 +0000
  Re: A doubt about infinite loop Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-09-26 22:59 +0000
    Re: A doubt about infinite loop Mark Bluemel <mark_bluemel@pobox.com> - 2011-09-27 08:40 +0100
      Re: A doubt about infinite loop gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-09-27 10:35 +0000
      Re: A doubt about infinite loop Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-09-27 14:05 +0300
        Re: A doubt about infinite loop gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-09-27 12:35 +0000
        Re: A doubt about infinite loop Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-27 19:10 +0100
          Re: A doubt about infinite loop Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-09-27 22:37 +0000
      Re: A doubt about infinite loop Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-09-27 22:37 +0000

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