I don’t know, the best I can do is hope. I’m not a native speaker and my english lessons are long gone, so I put words here and there as they came to my mind hoping the other side will understand… Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
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inconspicuouscolon@lemy.lol 6 months agoUnrelated, but I’ve never seen someone use the word “assume” that way before. It technically works, I think?
kurcatovium@lemm.ee 5 months ago
inconspicuouscolon@lemy.lol 5 months ago
Hey cool! I’m native and I still don’t always know if the way I’m talking is correct, but nobody really cares. If they do and take issue with it, they usually aren’t worth arguing.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
As a native speaker, I read it as:
It’s a bit awkward, but I skipped over it and grasped what I assume was the intended meaning, so it’s fine. Better words would be “suppose” or “guess” in this context.