Grammar Quiz No.143

N2Reading Comprehension〜に違いない

電気がついているから、彼はもう帰っているに違いない。

Q. How certain is the speaker that he is home?

Translation

The lights are on, so he must already be home.

Explanation

〜に違いない expresses a confident inference from evidence: 'must be'. The lights-on observation grounds the near-certainty; it is not hearsay (D) or mere hope (C).