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Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code. #1 (permalink) Wed Feb 18, 2009 14:24 pm   Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code.
 

Which one is the correct one to say:

"I doubted about the functionality of this code."
"I suspected about the functionality of this code."

(I mean - I thought the code would not run due to some reasons.)

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Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code. #2 (permalink) Wed Feb 18, 2009 14:27 pm   Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code.
 

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Neither. Use these:

"I doubted the functionality of this code."
"I suspected the functionality of this code."
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Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code. #3 (permalink) Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:38 am   Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code.
 

It's better to say "I thought the code would not run due to some causes". See cause vs. reason for differences.
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Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code. #4 (permalink) Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:02 am   Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code.
 

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No, that's not so good, Anna.
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Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code. #5 (permalink) Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:07 am   Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code.
 

Why Mr. M? I was taught that reason is usually for good/expected outcome while cause for something unexpected.
Could you shed some more light?
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Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code. #6 (permalink) Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:36 am   Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code.
 

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It is not a natural sentence. Native speakers front the negation to the main clause. 'Due to' is suspect here. 'Some causes' is unnatural; we would use the singular. 'Reason' is fine there anyway (you have some prescriptive difference which does not hold), though I would have the same complaints about Suresh's sentence--except that that sentence was not under consideration in this thread.
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