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Contiluo Posted 15 years ago
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Assume / suppose / presume
Please check out the following sentences.
(1) Most successful people do not graduate from top universities we assumed / supposed / presumed.
(2) What determines out future is not university, but attitude.
(1) Most successful people do not graduate from top universities we assumed / supposed / presumed.
(2) What determines out future is not university, but attitude.
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Hi, Please check out the following sentences. (1) Most successful people do not graduate from top universities , we assumed / supposed / presumed. These three words are not wrong, although they have different shades of meaning.
- Hi, Please check out the following sentences.
- (1) Most successful people do not graduate from top universities , we assumed / supposed / presumed.
- These three words are not wrong, although they have different shades of meaning.
- Do you have a reason for using Past tense?
- 2) What determines ou r future is not university, but attitude.
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Hi,
Please check out the following sentences.
(1) Most successful people do not graduate from top universities, we assumed / supposed / presumed.
These three words are not wrong, although they have different shades of meaning.
Please check out the following sentences.
(1) Most successful people do not graduate from top universities, we assumed / supposed / presumed.
These three words are not wrong, although they have different shades of meaning.
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In #1, which word is better, assume, suppose, or presume?
Why do we put a comma after 'universities'?
Most successful people don't graduate from top universities, we ___________.
(assume, suppose, presume)
Why do we put a comma after 'universities'?
Most successful people don't graduate from top universities, we ___________.
(assume, suppose, presume)
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Hi,
In #1, which word is better, assume, suppose, or presume?
Have you looked at the meanings in your dictionary? Which meaning is closest to the one you are trying to convey to the reader?
Why do we put a comma after 'universities'? People would naturally pause brie
In #1, which word is better, assume, suppose, or presume?
Have you looked at the meanings in your dictionary? Which meaning is closest to the one you are trying to convey to the reader?
Why do we put a comma after 'universities'? People would naturally pause brie
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The sentence as following:
Most successful people don't graduate from top universities (which) we assume.
Here, '(which) we assume' is an adjective clause to modify the antecedent 'universities'.
Therefore, I don't understand why we put a comma after 'universities'. If we put a comma after 'universities', does it mean that it's a non-definition adjective clause?
Most successful people don't graduate from top universities (which) we assume.
Here, '(which) we assume' is an adjective clause to modify the antecedent 'universities'.
Therefore, I don't understand why we put a comma after 'universities'. If we put a comma after 'universities', does it mean that it's a non-definition adjective clause?
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Hi,
The sentence as following:
Most successful people don't graduate from top universities (which) we assume.
Here, '(which) we assume' is an adjective clause to modify the antecedent 'universities'. No, you are misinterpreting the sentence because of the word order. A more common word order is
The sentence as following:
Most successful people don't graduate from top universities (which) we assume.
Here, '(which) we assume' is an adjective clause to modify the antecedent 'universities'. No, you are misinterpreting the sentence because of the word order. A more common word order is
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The sentence you write as:
We assume that most successful pleple don't graduate from top universities.
In the sentence you give above, its message focus is put on 'we assume'. However, my original message focus is on the fact 'most successful people don't graduate from top universities.'
Therefore, I write the sentence as:
Most successful people don't graduate
We assume that most successful pleple don't graduate from top universities.
In the sentence you give above, its message focus is put on 'we assume'. However, my original message focus is on the fact 'most successful people don't graduate from top universities.'
Therefore, I write the sentence as:
Most successful people don't graduate
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Hi,
The sentence you write as:
We assume that most successful pleple don't graduate from top universities.
In the sentence you give above, its message focus is put on 'we assume'. Yes
However, my original message focus is on the fact 'most successful people don't graduate fro
The sentence you write as:
We assume that most successful pleple don't graduate from top universities.
In the sentence you give above, its message focus is put on 'we assume'. Yes
However, my original message focus is on the fact 'most successful people don't graduate fro
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(1) Most people don't graduate from top universities, we assume.
(2) We assume (that) most people dont' graduate from top universities.
The above two sentences are basically the same structure and both put focus on 'we assume.'
Right?
However, I am trying to say something about the universities which are top ones. Therefore, I write the sentence as following.
(2) We assume (that) most people dont' graduate from top universities.
The above two sentences are basically the same structure and both put focus on 'we assume.'
Right?
However, I am trying to say something about the universities which are top ones. Therefore, I write the sentence as following.
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Hi,
(3) Most people don't graaduate from top universities that we assume.
I don't understand what #3 means. Please try to explain to me in some other way, so that I can then look more carefully at the above sentence.
Let me try to guess. Do you mean this?
(3) Most people don't graaduate from top universities that we assume.
I don't understand what #3 means. Please try to explain to me in some other way, so that I can then look more carefully at the above sentence.
Let me try to guess. Do you mean this?
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