dispel/erase/remove doubts

[Gabriel Malheiros]

Hi, there

I'd like to know if you should say "dispel", "erase" or "remove any doubt. I mean, which is the expression in cases like the following one?

"I don't know if you are in doubt about that yet, but, to remove(erase or dispel) any doubts, I don't like you"

Would you use which word?

Thank you

 

[london calling]

Your wording is a little odd, Gab.

Just to be quite clear and remove any doubt from your mind: I don't like you.

That said, erase and dispel are both acceptable, although I can't hear myself using dispel in speech.

 

[Englishmypassion]

I find "remove" and "dispel" fine, but I don't know why I don't like "erase". But then I'm a non-native speaker.
However, as LC points out, "dispel" sounds very formal to me too.

 

[Gabriel Malheiros]

Your wording is a little odd, Gab.

Just to be quite clear and remove any doubt from your mind: I don't like you.

That said, erase and dispel are both acceptable, although I can't hear myself using dispel in speech.

I find "remove" and "dispel" fine, but I don't know why I don't like "erase". However, as LC points out, "dispel" sounds very formal to me too.[/QUOTE

Is this because I repeated the word "doubt"?
So would you use "remove"?

What if I said just "Just in case you are still in doubt, I don't like you"?

 

[london calling]

"Just in case you are still in doubt, I don't like you"?

Yes, but I prefer "Just in case you still have any doubts..."

 

[Englishmypassion]

Now, that's a totally different question, GM. You asked about the verb collocation of "doubt" in the OP.

 

[Gabriel Malheiros]

"Just in case you are still in doubt, I don't like you"?

Yes, but I prefer "Just in case you still have any doubts..."

Now, that's a totally different question, GM. You asked about the verb collocation of "doubt" in the OP.

Ok, so I will use "remove any doubts". Thank you guys