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Guyper Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

"Suppose" at the beginning of a sentence

1."Suppose they saw you right now? You would be very embarrassed"

2."Suppose we take the earlier train to Munich? It would give us more time there"

3."There's nobody in reception to let our visitors in. There's nobody in reception to let our visitors in?"

Hi, my question would be...does the Suppose clause always need to contain a question mark instead of a punctuation?

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does the Suppose clause always need to contain a question mark instead of a punctuation? No, it doesn't. Ex: ...

— Skif

  • does the Suppose clause always need to contain a question mark instead of a punctuation?
  • No, it doesn't.
  • Ex: ...
  • Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things – trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself.
  • Suppose we have.
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Hi, my question would be...does the Suppose clause always need to contain a question mark instead of a punctuation?
No, it doesn't.

Ex:

... Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things – trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up t
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Hi,

When you say 'suppose' like this to someone, it's in the form of an imperative. It's like you are ordering them to use their imagination.

eg Suppose you won $10 million. What would you do?

Clive
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