Question vs. Doubt
Question vs. Doubt
(OP)
Over the years I have been getting more and more postings that use "Doubt" where I think "Question" should be used.
Examples+
sir, can you answer my doubt?
or
i have a doubt can you help me?
or
my doubt is this, i need to know which i should do.
You will also note the lack of capitol letters at the beginning of a sentence and for the personnel pronoun "I".
Where does the use of "doubt" come from and why?
Examples+
sir, can you answer my doubt?
or
i have a doubt can you help me?
or
my doubt is this, i need to know which i should do.
You will also note the lack of capitol letters at the beginning of a sentence and for the personnel pronoun "I".
Where does the use of "doubt" come from and why?
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RE: Question vs. Doubt
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RE: Question vs. Doubt
i have a doubt can you help me? This seems to me to be perfectly valid grammatically and contextually. One meaning of doubt is "to have an uncertainty about something".
my doubt is this, i need to know which i should do. Likewise, this is valid.
However neither of the last two usages, although valid, are common in American English.
RE: Question vs. Doubt
in all your three examples i'd use "question" instead of "doubt", and in the 3rd, "which" should be "what"; and in the 2nd, a comma after "doubt".
"doubt" is a definition category for "question" in the dictionary.
"doubt" is not listed as a synonym for "question" and neither is "question" for "doubt" ... but that could just be Word.
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Where are you seeing this? I have not seen much or even any of this on Eng-Tips.
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What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
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To answer your question;"Where are you seeing this?"
I get these questions (and they are all questions) via e-mail.
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RE: Question vs. Doubt
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4792160/arrays-...
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4649755/static-...
Fortunately, English is one of those forgivable languages: enough people understand what you mean to be able to answer the question even though the wrong words (doubt in place of question) or wrong spellings (batter instead of better, wander instead of wonder) are used.
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... capitol instead of capital.
- Steve
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http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=360385#...
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RE: Question vs. Doubt
"Question" is "I have a question, and no idea how to resolve it."
Makes sense to some degree when used in that context. In the link, "I have a doubt, no idea what material to use" doesn't really make any sense. Ignoring the grammar, it is not technically accurate.
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If you are offended by the things I say, imagine the stuff I hold back.
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Doubt - "I doubt I will understand the answer"
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I have doubts about my question.
I have questions about my question.
I have questions about my doubts.
I have doubts about my doubts.
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