Doctor Livingstone, I presume?

Dear Pieanne,

   I was  researching Doctor Livingstone and I needed to know who said, "Doctor Livingstone, I presume?"  I went to Google and typed in the phrase, I found a website, clicked on it and it went straight to your post. When I finally read through it the part that I didn't get was when you said, "journalist Stanley(John Rowlands)." Does that mean that the journalist had 2 seperate names or that that was his nickname?

                  As to your questions you had on your post:

The qoute is just simply asking for Doctor Livingstone, which then became this big thing.

Since Stanley did find Doctor Livingstone, I must think that it was not on accident, but meant to be.

You can e-mail me at Email (Remove 'FILTER' from address)

Thanks a lot.

                  Sincerely,

                                             Kara

Hi,

Well, I'd say 'presume' is fine in this quotation.

The relevant definitions in my dictionary are:

Presume - suppose to be true, take for granted. 

Assume - accept as being true , without proof, for the purpose of argument or action. 

Best wishes,

Clive