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used when agreeing to let someone do something, especially when you do not really want to (SYN I guess)
‘Can we come with you?’ ‘Oh, I suppose so
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/i-suppose
--Backinstadiums (talk) 09:58, 22 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
- Page 678 of the Collins Cobuild English Usage reads
If you agree with someone, but not entirely or with reluctance, you can reply I suppose so/not.
--Backinstadiums (talk) 16:58, 31 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
supposing (used to put forward or evaluate something to be considered as a possibility): Suppose I'll compare them, extras are like the very last thing I do --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:33, 9 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
- @Backinstadiums: No, that's only "supposing". "Suppose" is no conjunction. Equinox ◑ 15:13, 3 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Equinox: 5. 'suppose' used as a conjunction: You can use suppose as a conjunction when you are considering a possible situation or action and trying to think what effects it would have.
Suppose I gave Alice a call? --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:19, 3 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
- @Backinstadiums: That's not a conjunction. It doesn't join two things, like "and". It's an imperative verb. Equinox ◑ 15:20, 3 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
- @Equinox: The imperative became equivalent to a hypothetical conjunction = If; usually, even if, albeit, though, although. Sc. https://oed.com/oed2/00243016. Yet, the use of the subjunctive gave here makes it explicit, imho Suppose I gave Alice a call? --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:24, 3 May 2021 (UTC)Reply