Is it correct: “Let's suppose someone is trying to disarm you.”
I need help with the following sentence:
Let's assume that somebody tries to disarm it.
For example, at a demonstration for demonstration purposes on a quizlet product.
My first thought was that I put it like it was going to happen. Accordingly, I thought this option would be correct.
Let's suppose someone is trying to disarm you.
Would that be correct? Or would you formulate the sentence in a completely different way?
Thank you in advance.
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I need help with the following sentence:
Let's assume that somebody tries to disarm it.
For example, at a demonstration for demonstration purposes on a quizlet product.
My first thought was that I put it like it was going to happen. Accordingly, I thought this option would be correct.
Let's suppose someone is trying to disarm you.
Would that be correct? Or would you formulate the sentence in a completely different way?
Thank you in advance.
grammaticality
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Both phrases are correct as stand alone phrases, why would you suppose they might not be?
– Duckisaduckisaduck
Dec 21 at 9:06
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I need help with the following sentence:
Let's assume that somebody tries to disarm it.
For example, at a demonstration for demonstration purposes on a quizlet product.
My first thought was that I put it like it was going to happen. Accordingly, I thought this option would be correct.
Let's suppose someone is trying to disarm you.
Would that be correct? Or would you formulate the sentence in a completely different way?
Thank you in advance.
grammaticality
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asked Dec 21 at 8:56
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I need help with the following sentence:
Let's assume that somebody tries to disarm it.
For example, at a demonstration for demonstration purposes on a quizlet product.
My first thought was that I put it like it was going to happen. Accordingly, I thought this option would be correct.
Let's suppose someone is trying to disarm you.
Would that be correct? Or would you formulate the sentence in a completely different way?
Thank you in advance.
grammaticality
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Both phrases are correct as stand alone phrases, why would you suppose they might not be?
– Duckisaduckisaduck
Dec 21 at 9:06
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Both phrases are correct as stand alone phrases, why would you suppose they might not be?
– Duckisaduckisaduck
Dec 21 at 9:06
Both phrases are correct as stand alone phrases, why would you suppose they might not be?
– Duckisaduckisaduck
Dec 21 at 9:06
Both phrases are correct as stand alone phrases, why would you suppose they might not be?
– Duckisaduckisaduck
Dec 21 at 9:06
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The sentence is valid, and there are variants...
"Assume" is synonymous with "suppose to be true", which can be shortened to "suppose". So assume and suppose are synonymous.
The same goes for "somebody" and "someone", they are next to entirely interchangeable, although "someone" seems to be considered slightly more formal.
The sentence has two parts. First the speaker is enjoining the listener to make a thought experiment.
This can take several forms:
Assume that...
Assuming that...
If we make the assumption that...
Imagine that...
Let us suppose that...
If you picture that...
Posit that...
The second part of the sentence describes what the speaker wants the listener to imagine in this thought experiment, and that too can be expressed in many ways.
Let us assume that someone/somebody...
...is trying to disarm it
...is attempting to disarm it
...will try to disarm it
...will make an attempt to disarm it
...takes a shot at disarming it
...is disarming it, or at least trying to
...may try to disarm it
So there you have nearly 100 different ways (7 x 2 x 7) of expressing the exact same thing, and then we have not even nearly exhausted all possible permutations and variants of it.
P.S: "Assumption — my dear Mitzi — is the mother of all..."
answered Dec 21 at 9:39
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The sentence is valid, and there are variants...
"Assume" is synonymous with "suppose to be true", which can be shortened to "suppose". So assume and suppose are synonymous.
The same goes for "somebody" and "someone", they are next to entirely interchangeable, although "someone" seems to be considered slightly more formal.
The sentence has two parts. First the speaker is enjoining the listener to make a thought experiment.
This can take several forms:
Assume that...
Assuming that...
If we make the assumption that...
Imagine that...
Let us suppose that...
If you picture that...
Posit that...
The second part of the sentence describes what the speaker wants the listener to imagine in this thought experiment, and that too can be expressed in many ways.
Let us assume that someone/somebody...
...is trying to disarm it
...is attempting to disarm it
...will try to disarm it
...will make an attempt to disarm it
...takes a shot at disarming it
...is disarming it, or at least trying to
...may try to disarm it
So there you have nearly 100 different ways (7 x 2 x 7) of expressing the exact same thing, and then we have not even nearly exhausted all possible permutations and variants of it.
P.S: "Assumption — my dear Mitzi — is the mother of all..."
answered Dec 21 at 9:39
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The sentence is valid, and there are variants...
"Assume" is synonymous with "suppose to be true", which can be shortened to "suppose". So assume and suppose are synonymous.
The same goes for "somebody" and "someone", they are next to entirely interchangeable, although "someone" seems to be considered slightly more formal.
The sentence has two parts. First the speaker is enjoining the listener to make a thought experiment.
This can take several forms:
Assume that...
Assuming that...
If we make the assumption that...
Imagine that...
Let us suppose that...
If you picture that...
Posit that...
The second part of the sentence describes what the speaker wants the listener to imagine in this thought experiment, and that too can be expressed in many ways.
Let us assume that someone/somebody...
...is trying to disarm it
...is attempting to disarm it
...will try to disarm it
...will make an attempt to disarm it
...takes a shot at disarming it
...is disarming it, or at least trying to
...may try to disarm it
So there you have nearly 100 different ways (7 x 2 x 7) of expressing the exact same thing, and then we have not even nearly exhausted all possible permutations and variants of it.
P.S: "Assumption — my dear Mitzi — is the mother of all..."
answered Dec 21 at 9:39
MichaelK
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The sentence is valid, and there are variants...
"Assume" is synonymous with "suppose to be true", which can be shortened to "suppose". So assume and suppose are synonymous.
The same goes for "somebody" and "someone", they are next to entirely interchangeable, although "someone" seems to be considered slightly more formal.
The sentence has two parts. First the speaker is enjoining the listener to make a thought experiment.
This can take several forms:
Assume that...
Assuming that...
If we make the assumption that...
Imagine that...
Let us suppose that...
If you picture that...
Posit that...
The second part of the sentence describes what the speaker wants the listener to imagine in this thought experiment, and that too can be expressed in many ways.
Let us assume that someone/somebody...
...is trying to disarm it
...is attempting to disarm it
...will try to disarm it
...will make an attempt to disarm it
...takes a shot at disarming it
...is disarming it, or at least trying to
...may try to disarm it
So there you have nearly 100 different ways (7 x 2 x 7) of expressing the exact same thing, and then we have not even nearly exhausted all possible permutations and variants of it.
P.S: "Assumption — my dear Mitzi — is the mother of all..."
answered Dec 21 at 9:39
MichaelK
1412
The sentence is valid, and there are variants...
"Assume" is synonymous with "suppose to be true", which can be shortened to "suppose". So assume and suppose are synonymous.
The same goes for "somebody" and "someone", they are next to entirely interchangeable, although "someone" seems to be considered slightly more formal.
The sentence has two parts. First the speaker is enjoining the listener to make a thought experiment.
This can take several forms:
Assume that...
Assuming that...
If we make the assumption that...
Imagine that...
Let us suppose that...
If you picture that...
Posit that...
The second part of the sentence describes what the speaker wants the listener to imagine in this thought experiment, and that too can be expressed in many ways.
Let us assume that someone/somebody...
...is trying to disarm it
...is attempting to disarm it
...will try to disarm it
...will make an attempt to disarm it
...takes a shot at disarming it
...is disarming it, or at least trying to
...may try to disarm it
So there you have nearly 100 different ways (7 x 2 x 7) of expressing the exact same thing, and then we have not even nearly exhausted all possible permutations and variants of it.
P.S: "Assumption — my dear Mitzi — is the mother of all..."
answered Dec 21 at 9:39
MichaelK
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answered Dec 21 at 9:39
MichaelK
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Both phrases are correct as stand alone phrases, why would you suppose they might not be?
– Duckisaduckisaduck
Dec 21 at 9:06