Talk:doubt

Etymology
I'd like the etymology please. 67.188.172.165 05:24, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Internationalization issues and Hebrew in particular
The Hebrew word is ספק. But it cannot be given because the Israeli term leads to ספק in Hebrew in the English wiktionary!!

When I tried to enter it I received:


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In any case, how can internationalization work per page, if there is a term that has several synonyms - multiple meanings but one spelling, it probably has a different word for each of the meanings, no?

What to do? Pashute (talk) 06:56, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

beyond (a/the shadow of ) a doubt
https://www.wordreference.com/definition/doubt --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:48, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Doubt can be confusing when followed by a negative
“I doubt whether the company will not do it” merely states that the writer thinks the company will do it. --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:44, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * when doubt is in the affirmative it implies uncertainty in the following clause (which is consistent with use of whether/if ), whereas when it is used in the negative it implies probability in the following clause (which is more consistent with that). This rationale lies behind the objection many people have to the increasing use of doubt in the affirmative followed by a that-clause or by an object clause without a conjunction. This is commonly regarded as an Americanism. --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:30, 29 July 2021 (UTC)