Working Up

By Dwayne Phillips
I am unable to say, “You implied such-and-such.” I know it is a small distinction that difference between imply and infer, but it bothers me.
I continue to stumble upon these two words: imply and infer. I her people say, “You implied such-and-such.”
Since this is my blog, I can rant to my choosing.
When you say something, I can infer things from your statement.
When I say something, I can imply things in my statement.
It doesn’t work the other way around. Perhaps if I were more clever, I would know what you are implying. I confess, however, that I am not clever and I doubt that I will become clever. Therefore, I will continue to only to infer from what you say. I ask the same of you.