Timeline for When can we use the words "presume" and "assume"?
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| Jul 3, 2015 at 22:23 | comment | added | Jesse | @Jim, I think we are actually in agreement. Presume in the present tense is slightly rude, while presume in the past tense is more an of an admission of past rudeness -- hence the humility. | |
| Jul 3, 2015 at 1:54 | comment | added | Jim | In fact I think slightly the opposite, Presumption involves taking liberties that might not really be one’s to take and so rather than humility it might be considered slightly rude. presume is often collocated with how dare you: ‘How dare you presume to know what I might like or dislike!” | |
| Jul 2, 2015 at 17:34 | vote | accept | Jaeger Jay | ||
| Jul 2, 2015 at 16:40 | history | answered | Jesse | CC BY-SA 3.0 |