[I regret that quoting a dubious internet source from an ex-
colony that has managed to boldly* mangle the English language,
grammar and spelling does not prove anything. Claymore is of an
age and education where he should know the difference and I
expect is abjectly ashamed of his error. I stand corrected. It
would seem it's a common mistake and myself and Claymore have
made it. From the Oxford English "There is a distinction in
meaning between infer and imply. In the sentence the speaker
implied that the General had been a traitor, implied means that
the speaker subtly suggested that this man was a traitor (though
nothing so explicit was actually stated). However, in we
inferred from his words that the General had been a traitor,
inferred means that something in the speaker’s words enabled the
listeners to deduce that the man was a traitor. The two words
infer and imply can describe the same event, but from different
angles. Use of infer to mean imply, as in are you inferring that
I’m a liar? (instead of are