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Sweety10 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
help please
WHat is going on about my case? Is this the right way to say it? is there any other way to say it?
Do I use assume or presume in the followig sentence:
If I do not hear from you by tomorrow, I'll assume you dont want to do it.
Do I use assume or presume in the followig sentence:
If I do not hear from you by tomorrow, I'll assume you dont want to do it.
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(1) I don't really get what you're trying to say in the first sentence. (2) Do I use assume or presume in the following sentence: If I do not hear from you by tomorrow, I'll assume you dont want to do it. According toTimes-Chamber Junior Dictionary 'to assume is to suppose that something is true for the sake of making plans, etc'.
- (1) I don't really get what you're trying to say in the first sentence.
- (2) Do I use assume or presume in the following sentence: If I do not hear from you by tomorrow, I'll assume you dont want to do it.
- According toTimes-Chamber Junior Dictionary 'to assume is to suppose that something is true for the sake of making plans, etc'.
- Lets assume we can hold the meeting on 8 May.
- To presume is to believe that something is true though you have no proof.
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(1) I don't really get what you're trying to say in the first sentence.
(2) Do I use assume or presume in the following sentence:
If I do not hear from you by tomorrow, I'll assume you dont want to do it.
According toTimes-Chamber Junior Dictionary 'to assume is to suppose that something is true for the sake of making plans, etc'.
Lets assume we
(2) Do I use assume or presume in the following sentence:
If I do not hear from you by tomorrow, I'll assume you dont want to do it.
According toTimes-Chamber Junior Dictionary 'to assume is to suppose that something is true for the sake of making plans, etc'.
Lets assume we
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Presume can have a sense that is not polite. The word "presumptuous" is not a a compliment. In the example the book gave, I would have used "assumed" there.
In practice, as least in the U.S., presume isn't used much in that simple sense that is similar to assume. You'd be more likely to hear if after you had "presumed" incorrectly, when someone was reprimanding you. "What wo
In practice, as least in the U.S., presume isn't used much in that simple sense that is similar to assume. You'd be more likely to hear if after you had "presumed" incorrectly, when someone was reprimanding you. "What wo
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Yes, GG's right, see 2 at intransitive, and 1 at transitive:
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presume
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -ed/-ing/-s
transitive verb
1 : to take upon oneself without leave, authority, or warrant : undertake rashly :
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presume
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -ed/-ing/-s
transitive verb
1 : to take upon oneself without leave, authority, or warrant : undertake rashly :
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