"supposing" vs. "suppose"

[Milton]

Hello everybody

Very disappointing to see that despite many days having passed nobody bothered to answer my question.
It is really so bad??? Anyway I will ask it again.

Are the given sentences correct? Is there any difference between them? Can we remove as to?

"Suppose you want to ask your friend as to why his
brother so lazy."

"Supposing you want to ask your friend as to why his
brother so lazy."

Regards

Milton

[Yankee]

Hi Milton

First, I would remove the "as to" from both sentences.

"Suppose you want to ask your friend why his brother so lazy." OK --- This is a command to suppose something.

"Supposing you want to ask your friend why his brother so lazy." For me this is a not a complete sentence. i.e. you need a second half such as:
"Supposing you want to ask your friend why his brother so lazy, what do you expect to achieve by doing that?

Also, this means "I suppose or we suppose" rather than telling (commanding) the other person to suppose something as in the first sentence.

These sentences would also be commonly written in a more theoretical fashion, i.e. using "wanted" instead of "want".

Amy
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[Milton]

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Milton

[Yankee]

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