Suppose in GRAMMAR

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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here i am again.

what things are suppose you needed?
what sites are suppose you need to access?
what gift are you suppose to bring?

I suppose these were all conflicting?

please help.

thanks

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I am not sure my changes will maintain the intent behind some of these, because they are unclear.

What things do you suppose you need?
What sites do you suppose you need to access?
What gift are you supposed to bring?

Please note that the auxiliary verb “to be” takes only participles. “Are suppose” is incorrect.

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Hi Mordant…I’m waiting for you. lol

how about this.

What sites were you supposed to access?
what sites were you supposed to need to access?

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Those sentences are fine grammatically, but the idea of the second is odd.

The second conveys the person was incorrectly presumed to need to access certain sites, and it probably also means the person actually needed to access others instead.

If you want to convey that the person should have accessed certain sites but failed intentionally or unintentionally, this is what you’d write:

What sites were you supposed to access?

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Thanks again Sir,

so may I say ,

what am i suppose to bring? - is corect
what are we suppose to bring? - is wrong

i’m confused. I’ll try to read more on participles its complicating.

thank you for making the effort Sir!

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Hi.

What am I supposed to bring?

The past participle of “suppose” is “supposed.” It does not matter what the subject of the sentence is. The auxiliary verb “to be” takes only participles. Both your sentences are wrong.

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I can’t understand the auxiliary “to be” Sir,

thanks for clarification,

  1. I’m not sure if I can make it, because we’re supposed to attend an event on Friday. —correct?

can i use suppose in replace to I think/ I beleive???

  1. I suppose you know what I mean.
  2. I suppose you are wrong.

thanks

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“Suppose” is a synonym for “think” and “believe,” so your sentences work. It is a more direct synonym for “guess.” It has more of an element of assumption. The very first sentence is also correct.

Please capitalize the pronoun “I” and the first letter of each sentence, punctuating it with the proper mark.

“In replace to” is incorrect. “Replace” is a verb, not a noun. You mean to say “in place of.”

The auxiliary “to be” helps form progressive tenses or the passive voice. The progressive tenses are formed with present participles, the form of the verb ending in “-ing.” The passive voice is formed with the past participle, the form of the verb most often ending in “-ed.” It is the form of the verb we use to form all the perfect tenses.

Progressive:
I am writing.
I was writing.
I have been writing.
I will be writing.
I had been writing.

Passive voice:
I was angered.
I am annoyed.
I have been upset.
I had been hurt.
I will be respected.

Do you see the pattern? None of those sentences has an infinitive in its base or full form after the auxiliary “to be.”

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Hi Mordant,

I’m back, this is what I really like about you MAN! You give me such a great explanation.

I’ll take note of this and your corrections but honestly I’m having a hard time catching up the “verb/ tenses thing”, lol

can I begin the sentence with “And and BUT” ???

Thank you again and best regards!

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hi please help again,

Sorry for delay in response and it’s too late for me to make a call when I got back.

I was about to ask your account numbers “to deposit on your account”

( I use about to instead of I was supposed to???)

Thank you,

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You can begin a sentence with “and” or “but.” It still draws criticism in the most formal of writing, however. Journalism loves it. I vary it up. It can make for effective if lazy paragraph transitions.

This means you were on the point of asking for the information:

I was about to ask for the information to deposit money into your account.

Please note that you do not deposit on accounts.

“Supposed to” would indicate that it was merely what you were expected to do. It says nothing about whether the action was attempted or almost attempted.

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Thanks, those were another pointers to remember…actually I open another topic on proper use of IN,ON,AT,TO,FOR,INTO.

I’m sometimes confused __ using it.
when performing this ___ the computer, that i should really focused ___ it.

Thank you again.

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Hi, Are th following correct?

I was supposed to send you an e-mail yesterday.
I am suppose to send you an invites last week.

I am suppose to e-mail you tomorrow
I was supposed to e-mail you tomorrow.

Thanks

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please help me to check the above post (latest) thank you.

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The point that’s been belabored in this thread is that it’s always “to be supposed” and never (to be suppose).

So, unfortunately all your sentences where you used “to be suppose” are incorrect.

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Thanks, Our tort system.

Does it mean all given sentences should use I am/ I was “supposed to” instead?

and it’s different when I say…“I suppose that’s was you meant to say” ???

Thank you again.

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Yes, and yes.
‘supposed to’ is not treated in the same way as ‘to suppose’.
(I suppose / he supposes, etc. )

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Hi again is it correct to say…

They had pending design since last January. The design will be same as with the old one.

Thank you.