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- What are the differences between assumption and presumption?
A presumption is something you think is true before you know any facts about the matter An assumption is something you think is true when you miss information, but you think you have it The difference can be subtle When you have certain set ideas about some things, they are also presumptions Women can not drive cars is a presumption
- What are the differences between assume, presume and suppose
The choice of when to use assume or presume is based upon a subsequent action, vice any amount of strength of feeling of whether the assumption or presumption is true When you assume something, you base an action on that assumption E g "I assumed it was going to rain so I rolled up my car windows "
- meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Premises are, strictly speaking, purported reasons given to support a conclusion Whether the premises give airtight support for the conclusion (deductive) or a weaker type of support (inductive), that is the job of logical analysis
- Is there a single word that means almost certainly (but not . . .
affording ground for belief or presumption: presumptive evidence based on likelihood or presumption: a presumptive title; the presumptive nominee regarded as such by presumption; based on inference; assumed: a presumptive case of pneumonia
- synonyms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It's been suggested to me that "mark" carries a slight presumption of a numerical grade, whereas "grade" implies a letter grade like A, B, C, etc
- How many hours of sleep “is” or “are” needed?
Part-1 of the post, the presumption, is invalid Part-2, for the example sentence, for the question "Is is correct", the answer would be 'Yes', but not deriving from the presumption – Kris
- single word requests - Is there a term for the character trait of . . .
Presumption: ‘an idea that is taken to be true, and often used as the basis for other ideas, although it is not known for certain ’ Etymology ‘presume’ - late Middle English: from Old French presumer, from Latin praesumere ‘anticipate’ (in late Latin ‘take for granted’), from prae ‘before’ + sumere ‘take’
- dialects - Youll have had your tea - English Language Usage Stack . . .
A sort of presumption of a past fact, not a future one You could paraphrase it as "You have had your tea, haven't you"? I vaguely recall that it wasn't restricted to just "tea", though, but any kind of meal or refreshment
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