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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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CalifJim
anonymousI didn’t understand you clearly. Are you saying “suggest” is not a part of the small group of verbs that themselves show uncertainty ...

Yes, I'm saying that. While there may be some uncertainty involved in the circumstances that surround acts of suggesting, there is no uncertainty that someone has made a suggestion. I guess implies I am not sure about what I'm guessing, but I suggest does not. I suggest implies I have an opinion about what should be done, and I am going to tell you that opinion.

anonymousIn your first response to my first question in the thread, you mentioned those verbs. Can “suggest” be in that group of verbs?

Groupings like this are arbitrary, but personally, I would not put "suggest" in that group.

CJ

Thank you for your time and help. Using would for uncertainty in sentences is my biggest confusion. Can you think of any other verbs besides seem, appear, guess and assume that can be used with would for uncertainty? I just would like to remember them.


Secondly,

A: It suggests he is happy with this job.

B: It would suggest he is happy with his job.


Is sentence B a variant of the sentence A? Does would in sentence B show tentativeness or uncertainty? I really apologize if my questions are dumb.

  

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anonymous Can you think of any other verbs besides seem, appear, guess and assume that can be used with would for uncertainty? I just would like to remember them. No, but you could check a thesaurus for synonyms of those verbs.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Can you think of any other verbs besides seem, appear, guess and assume that can be used with would for uncertainty?
  • I just would like to remember them.
  • No, but you could check a thesaurus for synonyms of those verbs.
  • Here's one that just came to mind.
  • You can add (would) suppose .
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anonymousCan you think of any other verbs besides seem, appear, guess and assume that can be used with would for uncertainty? I just would like to remember them.

No, but you could check a thesaurus for synonyms of those verbs.

Here's one that just came to mind. You can add (would) suppose.

anonymous

A: It suggests

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anonymousUsing would for uncertainty in sentences is my biggest confusion.

You're not going to get this until you have had a lot of conversations with a lot of English speakers and read a lot of books. You need to pick up the usage as you hear it or read it, one wouldexpression at a time. There is no shortcut.

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