I suppose you don't know her address!

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WORD OF THE DAY:

remonstrate:
intransitive verb:
1. To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings -- usually used with 'with'.

transitive verb:
1. To say or plead in protest, opposition, or reproof.

On the issue whether peace is a distant dream, a student from the local college remonstrated with many historical facts that peace is indeed a distant dream which cannot be fulfilled.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: I suppose you don't know her address?

Correct: I don't suppose you know her address?

GRAMMAR: Verbs of thinking and feeling [e.g. think, suppose, feel] are often followed by a that - clause. Instead of making the verb in the that - clause negative, we normally make think, suppose, etc., negative.

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