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Originally Posted by Pyser
since the thread is bumped, i bump my question.
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I think 'to assume' is to conclude based on little or nothing, and 'to presume' is to conclude based on evidence.
Or in other words assume is a wild leap of faith, and presume is an educated guess. That's my take on it anyhoo.
Edit: as this is a grammar thread, I may as well match my tenses 
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Last edited by AlexB : 04-18-2006 at 06:40 PM.
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