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Oh thank you, fascinating. Hmm I notice now that "I think" is similar to "I want to say" in literal meaning—not stating the uncertainty, but they're both like "
by yesenadam 5y ago
Oh thank you, fascinating. Hmm I notice now that "I think" is similar to "I want to say" in literal meaning—not stating the uncertainty, but they're both like "Warning, about to report on what my brain is doing, don't blame me!"
- bombcar 5y agoIt's similar to the third-personing we do when we have to enforce a rule: "I'm sorry but I have to ..." or "I'm afraid I'm going to ...". In both cases we're trying to downplay our involvement a bit.