Judy Rowland

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Question #6 Nov. 17th, 2010

To willingly allow faulty assumptions in our thought closets is risky. It's to engage in presumption. I want you to see something interesting about the words assume and presume.

How does your dictionary define assume?

Now look up the word presume. What does it mean?

2 comments:

  1. assume= to take upon oneself, pretend to have, take as granted

    presume= assume (or to take upon oneself) authority without right to do so, take for granted,

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  2. Assume-to take for granted or without proof; suppose; to take upon oneself; to take on (a particular character, quality, mode of life, etc); adopt

    Presume-to take for granted, assume or suppose; to assume as true in the absence of proof to the contrary; to undertake without right or permission

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