Timeline for You know what probably happened?
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| Dec 30, 2020 at 12:28 | comment | added | Tae-Bbong-E | HI again @legatrix I have posted my new question. ell.stackexchange.com/questions/270494/… | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 12:06 | vote | accept | Tae-Bbong-E | ||
| Dec 30, 2020 at 9:33 | comment | added | legatrix | Your other suggestion "You know what would probably happen?" is not correct in this context. For more details, I suggest asking a new question. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 9:33 | comment | added | legatrix | I tihnk they both express a conjecture equally well. The difference is not semantic, it is mainly stylistic---the 'I think' just softens the conjecture a bit. It is already clear that the first sentence is a conjecture because of the 'probably'. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 8:08 | comment | added | Tae-Bbong-E | However, according to your feedback, just simply saying <You know what probably happened> can express 'conjecture' by itself, am I right? As an ESL learner, I believed <You know what I think probably happened> is better though. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 8:06 | comment | added | Tae-Bbong-E | Hello, @legatrix I have one further question. If I intent to express 'conjecture', Do I need to say something like; <You know what I think probably happened?> or <You know what would probably happen?> (maybe this "would" is for back-shifting?) | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 7:10 | history | edited | legatrix | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 30, 2020 at 7:04 | history | answered | legatrix | CC BY-SA 4.0 |