the use of suppose

Both are correct. And of course either one can carry a little sarcasm with it.

Then, what about "I don't believe Tom has done it" and "I believe Tom hasn't done it"?

And also "I don't guess Tom has done it." and "I guess Tom hasn't done it"?

The same in meaning-- though specialized exceptions will arise (no doubt, later in this thread). The phenomenon is fronting of the negation, which we have discussed elsewhere (and which will require Paco in order to locate). The effect is the carrying of the negation to the main verb (suppose, believe, think)-- but, interestingly, doesn't seem to work (at least for me) with guess

Hello MM

I suppose what you are seeking are those: [url=]post 63631[/url] and [url=]post 120154[/url]

By the way, I googled "I don't guess it's good" and "I guess it isn't good". The former hit only 6 pages, whereas the latter did 367 pages. So your instinct proves correct. But I wonder why "guess" and "think" behave so differently in respect of negation raising.
paco

Thanks, Paco.

Quirk, et al are no help with the reason; they just say that some do and some don't usually take transferred negation.

Do: anticipate, be supposed to, believe, calculate, expect, figure, imagine, reckon, suppose, think, appear, seem, feel/look/sound as if, wish (infinitive clauses only), say (with modals shouldn't and couldn't primarily)

Do you mean these two don't equate?--

'I assume nothing'

'I don't assume anything'

Or is the keyword 'usually' in 'don't usually take transferred negation'?

There's also the recent V that S Vnot, V not that S V

I wouldn't dare go that far myself, Dave; just--

I assume you don't smoke vs I don't assume you smoke.

But, yes, I added the usually to cover Quirk's exceptions (q.v.) And thanks for the link-- which leads to further linkage. That should cover the subject thoroughly!



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I wouldn't dare go that far myself, Dave;

Ever? I figured you as the master of 'empty mind'.

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