Quick 18 Jan

[flyfish]

17a make an allusion (5) your help please

[dannyk13]

Infer

[factor-fiction]

infer?

[dannyk13]

or imply

[factor-fiction]

Is that the right meaning though?

[MargoTester]

Infer

[factor-fiction]

imply is the correct synonym

[factor-fiction]

Do you have any letters. Imply is strictly more correct but I can see some making a case for infer

[dannyk13]

FF.www.wordreference.com/thesaurus/hint allusion; insinuation; tip; clue; trace; whiff; iota; prompter; word to the wise; tip-off ... refer to; allude to; intimate; hint at; imply; infer; insinuate;

[factor-fiction]

http://grammartips.homestead.com/imply.html

Hi dannyk- I was always taught that the two were not synonymous. The distinction is explained in this way:

The best way to remember the difference between these two words is to think in terms of the model used by communications theorists. Communication consists of a message, a sender, and a receiver. The sender can imply, but the receiver can only infer. The error that usually occurs is that the word infer is mistakenly used for imply.

But i agree that it is more common now to see the words treated as synonymous

[factor-fiction]

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/infer

[flyfish]

I have letters RE?EM ?????

[Mamyalynne]

Refer

[Mamyalynne]

refer
rɪˈfəː/Submit
verb
1.
mention or allude to.

[Tilly2]

I imply something to you and you infer the meaning of my implication. They are not synonymous.

[flyfish]

Many thanks to you ALL