Sorry, are you seeking to correct my mistaken impression, or was “implied” just a poor word choice? “Suggested” may have been better; I didn’t mean to indicate a high-confidence conclusion but rather that it was the impression I got at the time. Your explanation makes sense but it wasn’t apparent to me from your and the OP’s comments in this thread alone, and I didn’t know anything about your past except that there probably was history between you.
I’m trying to learn how to signal the actual degree to which I support a statement. I can’t tell if you’re saying that “no, it doesn’t imply that” (presumably using “imply” in the logical, “A implies B” sense), which would mean I screwed up by using the word “imply” where I didn’t mean to indicate a strong conclusion. Alternatively you may have just meant “no, that conclusion is incorrect” (in which case I would have omitted the first sentence, but that could be stylistic choice).
Well, if we are going to be that precise, I have to admit that my “actually, no” wasn’t exactly accurate. That the fact of engagement here implies defensiveness is, generally speaking, true. It’s just happens to be not true in my particular case about which I had privileged information (being able to peek inside my head) and you didn’t.
So your “implied” was a fine word choice and I don’t think there was a way for you to figure out beforehand that your conclusion will turn out to be incorrect.
Sorry, are you seeking to correct my mistaken impression, or was “implied” just a poor word choice? “Suggested” may have been better; I didn’t mean to indicate a high-confidence conclusion but rather that it was the impression I got at the time. Your explanation makes sense but it wasn’t apparent to me from your and the OP’s comments in this thread alone, and I didn’t know anything about your past except that there probably was history between you.
I’m trying to learn how to signal the actual degree to which I support a statement. I can’t tell if you’re saying that “no, it doesn’t imply that” (presumably using “imply” in the logical, “A implies B” sense), which would mean I screwed up by using the word “imply” where I didn’t mean to indicate a strong conclusion. Alternatively you may have just meant “no, that conclusion is incorrect” (in which case I would have omitted the first sentence, but that could be stylistic choice).
Well, if we are going to be that precise, I have to admit that my “actually, no” wasn’t exactly accurate. That the fact of engagement here implies defensiveness is, generally speaking, true. It’s just happens to be not true in my particular case about which I had privileged information (being able to peek inside my head) and you didn’t.
So your “implied” was a fine word choice and I don’t think there was a way for you to figure out beforehand that your conclusion will turn out to be incorrect.
Thanks for clarifying, and I apologize for getting on your case about it.
Not a problem :-)