Is str ~ regex the root of all evil, or the leaf of all good?

[Derek Parnell]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:59:13 -0500, Jarrett Billingsley wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Derek Parnell <derek at psych.ward> wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:45:44 -0500, Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>
>>> Also, "I think I don't like X" is not proper English.  Say "I don't
>>> think I like X" or just "I don't like X" instead.
>>
>> Of course its proper English.
>>
>> "I think I don't like X" means that I'm undecided about whether or not I
>> like X but I probably do not like it.
>>
>> "I don't think I like X" means that I *know* that I don't like X, there is
>> no uncertainty.
> 
> See, it's funny, because I would think "I don't think I like X" means
> that I'm undecided about whether or not I like X but I probably don't;
> and that "I don't like X" means that I know that I don't like it.  "I
> think I don't X" just sounds very unnatural to me.

Maybe is a difference between American English and Australian English?

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Derek Parnell
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