Is there a good reason we use “I desire to believe” rather than the more normal-sounding “I want to believe”? I understand it was originally done as a parody of religious creeds, but why are we still doing it?
Is there a good reason we use “I desire to believe” rather than the more normal-sounding “I want to believe”? I understand it was originally done as a parody of religious creeds, but why are we still doing it?