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As 'Leaning towards something', like to prefer one option from the others, can I say that I'm leaning to think that ... ?






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    I'd say "I'm inclined to think" or "I'm inclined to believe".

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  • Thanks, but it sounds very formal to me. I want to use it more casually...

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    I'd say "I'm inclined to think" or "I'm inclined to believe".

    – Centaurus
    2 days ago











  • Thanks, but it sounds very formal to me. I want to use it more casually...

    – Olenia
    yesterday














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    I'd say "I'm inclined to think" or "I'm inclined to believe".

    – Centaurus
    2 days ago











  • Thanks, but it sounds very formal to me. I want to use it more casually...

    – Olenia
    yesterday














  • 1





    I'd say "I'm inclined to think" or "I'm inclined to believe".

    – Centaurus
    2 days ago











  • Thanks, but it sounds very formal to me. I want to use it more casually...

    – Olenia
    yesterday








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I'd say "I'm inclined to think" or "I'm inclined to believe".

– Centaurus
2 days ago





I'd say "I'm inclined to think" or "I'm inclined to believe".

– Centaurus
2 days ago













Thanks, but it sounds very formal to me. I want to use it more casually...

– Olenia
yesterday





Thanks, but it sounds very formal to me. I want to use it more casually...

– Olenia
yesterday










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There are two issues with the usage.




  1. Readers and search engines alike will think that you're misspelling learning, as in learning to think.


  2. Lots of verbs can be followed by an infinitive form like "to think." Lean isn't a verb that often does that.



By either count, "I'm leaning to think that ..." would sound like a mistake.



If you want to get at the idea of inclination another way by using lean, you could say "I'm leaning towards thinking that ..." (Google gives ~14,000 hits for the usage, and taps into the expression "lean toward.")






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    There are two issues with the usage.




    1. Readers and search engines alike will think that you're misspelling learning, as in learning to think.


    2. Lots of verbs can be followed by an infinitive form like "to think." Lean isn't a verb that often does that.



    By either count, "I'm leaning to think that ..." would sound like a mistake.



    If you want to get at the idea of inclination another way by using lean, you could say "I'm leaning towards thinking that ..." (Google gives ~14,000 hits for the usage, and taps into the expression "lean toward.")






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      There are two issues with the usage.




      1. Readers and search engines alike will think that you're misspelling learning, as in learning to think.


      2. Lots of verbs can be followed by an infinitive form like "to think." Lean isn't a verb that often does that.



      By either count, "I'm leaning to think that ..." would sound like a mistake.



      If you want to get at the idea of inclination another way by using lean, you could say "I'm leaning towards thinking that ..." (Google gives ~14,000 hits for the usage, and taps into the expression "lean toward.")






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        There are two issues with the usage.




        1. Readers and search engines alike will think that you're misspelling learning, as in learning to think.


        2. Lots of verbs can be followed by an infinitive form like "to think." Lean isn't a verb that often does that.



        By either count, "I'm leaning to think that ..." would sound like a mistake.



        If you want to get at the idea of inclination another way by using lean, you could say "I'm leaning towards thinking that ..." (Google gives ~14,000 hits for the usage, and taps into the expression "lean toward.")






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        There are two issues with the usage.




        1. Readers and search engines alike will think that you're misspelling learning, as in learning to think.


        2. Lots of verbs can be followed by an infinitive form like "to think." Lean isn't a verb that often does that.



        By either count, "I'm leaning to think that ..." would sound like a mistake.



        If you want to get at the idea of inclination another way by using lean, you could say "I'm leaning towards thinking that ..." (Google gives ~14,000 hits for the usage, and taps into the expression "lean toward.")







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