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[lsturtle]

Hi,

The following is a quote from a book:

"Now supposing there were only one of those stamps, and supposing it was worth a million dollars. And supposing the man who owned it suddenly came into possession of a second stamp, its duplicate.What do you think would be the value of each of those two stamps."

My question is if it's ok to replace the word "supposing" with "suppose"? Why or why not?

Thanks.
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Alice

[Bob S.]

Yes, it's okay. The grammar form changes (from a gerund adjective phrase into a imperative compound sentence), but the general idea of the sentence remains the same.
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