Imply / infer.

Do you know the difference?  Following an amazing swim by a 16-year-old Chinese girl, Claire Balding on the BBC commented "How many questions will there be... about somebody who can suddenly swim so much faster than she has ever swum before?". The internet was immediately swamped with people complaining that she was "inferring" that the girl was on drugs.  No she wasn't - she couldn't.  She might or might not have been implying such a thing - only she knows whether she was or not. What was happening was that it was those people posting who were inferring that she had made that suggestion.  The mantra is - I imply, you infer. People are entitled to read into what she said what they want, but not to saddle her with their conclusions.