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My dictionary (American Heritage, 2nd College Edition, 1985) draws a
distinction between the transitive and intransitive forms of the verb
"believe." The transitive form, taking a direct object, means "to accept as
true or real; to credit with veracity." As in "I believe that Diane writes
wonderful posts." I have a great deal of evidence to support that claim.
The instransitive form, without a direct object, means "to have faith, esp.
religious faith; to have faith or confidence; trust." As in "I believe in
Diane's generosity." I have no direct evidence of this, and must take it on
faith. ;-)
Gene "Does anal-retentive have a hyphen?" Dillenburg
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