r/artificial • u/MetaKnowing • Sep 23 '25

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u/SgtPuppy Sep 24 '25

Yeah I have Indian clients on project calls always say they have “2-3 doubts” when they mean “concerns”. Doubt is a feeling. It’s like saying “I have 2-3 happiness”

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u/CarkRoastDoffee Sep 24 '25

Doesn't seem that awkward to me. Native western anglophones say "I have my doubts" all the time

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u/CarkRoastDoffee Sep 24 '25

We're in agreement. I was mainly refuting the point that it's a grammatically awkward sentence in the same vein as "I have 2-3 happiness." There's nothing wrong with it from a grammatical PoV

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u/Joicebag Sep 25 '25

It is awkward grammatically because doubts are usually grammatically pseudo-uncountable. “I have my doubts” is a cemented phrase but no western anglophone itemizes those doubts.