imply.md

You meant "implying"

<me> I bet you're the sort of person who doesn't use the oxford comma

<me> a fucking savage

<smol> You do not even use grammar correctly most of the time when you type, so I don't want to hear

<smol> It

<smol> Therefore, you are being a bit of a hypocrit by then infering that we shouldn't use 100% proper grammar in an online chatroom

Now, ladies and gentlemen of the internet, I would like to explain why "infering [sic]" was not the correct choice of word in this instance.

im·ply

verb

strongly suggest the truth or existence of (something not expressly stated).

"the salesmen who uses jargon to imply his superior knowledge"

"are you implying he is mad?"

(of a fact or occurrence) suggest (something) as a logical consequence.

"the forecasted traffic increase implied more roads and more air pollution"

in·fer

verb

deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

"from these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing"

Which did you mean

You meant "imply." I did not deduce from evidence and reasoning that we shouldn't use 100% proper grammar in an online chatroom. No, that is what I strongly suggested (without expressly stating, although I did later expressly state that).

Au contraire, dear smol, you are the one who was inferring! You deduced from my manner of typing in Discord that I think we shouldn't use 100% proper grammar in online chatrooms, and then you called me a hypocrite for ribbing you for not using the Oxford comma (which was a joke).

I care about these differences very much

I wrote this up just for you to clear up any misconceptions you may have had about the difference between inferring and implying. You may have thought you meant inferring, but you most definitely meant implying.