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Re:A new version of Common-Lisp.net has been launched by JasonFruit on Thursday October 11, 2018 @11:07AM (#18194101)
('Infer' is a perfectly good verb; you don't have to make one out of 'inference'. But sometimes it's easy to disremembrance things like that on HN.)
Re:A new version of Common-Lisp.net has been launched by lisper on Thursday October 11, 2018 @11:52AM (#18194525)
I believe lispm is not a native English speaker. His website TLD is .de.
Re:A new version of Common-Lisp.net has been launched by JasonFruit on Thursday October 11, 2018 @01:17PM (#18195271)
Yes, I see. Doesn't mean he or she might not rather be correct, however.
Re:A new version of Common-Lisp.net has been launched by lisper on Thursday October 11, 2018 @01:21PM (#18195306)
True that.
Re:A new version of Common-Lisp.net has been launched by lispm on Thursday October 11, 2018 @12:21PM (#18194805)
Thanks, didn't remember that.
Re:A new version of Common-Lisp.net has been launched by mercer on Thursday October 11, 2018 @12:40PM (#18194958)
It's an easy mistake to make. Incidentally, "infer", for some reason, is a word I find unusually pleasing.

EDIT: as a non-native speaker I distinctly remember first reading the word and happily using it ever since, when appropriate.

Re:A new version of Common-Lisp.net has been launched by vram22 on Thursday October 11, 2018 @01:52PM (#18195605)
And a similar possibly wrong usage is "conference" when used as a verb, maybe, since "confer" is probably okay. But "conference" seems to have become accepted, I've heard it a bit. There's this trend (from many years, not just recent) to make nouns into verbs too, e.g. "Skype me". The "confer" form as a verb probably sounds archaic to many, since it's not commonly heard or read (AFAIK).
Re:A new version of Common-Lisp.net has been launched by JasonFruit on Thursday October 11, 2018 @01:14PM (#18195251)
Perfectly fair — I'm sure you're not the first to inference something. And yes, 'infer' is an interesting word, especially when you bring in Latin.