"I think X is wrong" - a statement of fact about my own mind, to be believed or not on grounds such as "my senses are reliable" and "this person has rarely lied about beliefs to my knowledge"
and
"X is wrong" - a statement about morality, to be derived or not from axioms such as "Pain is bad" or "God commands A, B and C".
Clearly the first implies that you believe the second, and hence they are often used interchangeably, but for discussing the is-ought question, that sort of sloppiness will not do; precision is needed.
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