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Igel

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2. A slightly better alternative is to read "directly" into what was said.

Reply to glinda (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 1, 2012, 09:09 PM

Sep 2012

More faith-based programs, not fewer.

That's the problem with this kind of inferencing. In the absence of a single clear, reasonable, fairly obvious implication, people infer freely as their assumptions lead them.

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...or they are saying glinda Sep 2012 #1

A slightly better alternative is to read "directly" into what was said. Igel Sep 2012 #2