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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Suppose

Hi!

"Suppose we never fell in love" . In this sentence, please, in what verb tense is the verb suppose?

Thank you,

Ariel

  

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Hi Ariel I would interpret that to be a supposition about the future (or about an unspecified time). The word "fell" refers to something that is only hypothetical. This would be similar to a type 2 conditional: - If I lost all of my teeth, I would have trouble talking.

— Yankee

  • Hi Ariel I would interpret that to be a supposition about the future (or about an unspecified time).
  • The word "fell" refers to something that is only hypothetical.
  • This would be similar to a type 2 conditional: - If I lost all of my teeth, I would have trouble talking.
  • In that sentence, the word "lost" does not refer to the past.
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Hi Ariel

I would interpret that to be a supposition about the future (or about an unspecified time). The word "fell" refers to something that is only hypothetical.

This would be similar to a type 2 conditional:

- If I lost all of my teeth, I would have trouble talking.

In that sentence, the word "lost" does not refer to the past.
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Hi Yankee

So I may say "suppose" is in a conditional (future) tense, isn't it?

Thanks,

Ariel
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The word "suppose" is basically used as an imperative in that sentence. It tells the listener to do something. It tells the listener to think about a theoretical situation. It tells the listener to make a supposition now.

The verb that is used in a conditional form is "fell".
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Thank you for your explanation.

Have a nice day, Emotion: smile

Ariel
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