What’s the subject?

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What’s the subject for the verb suppose?

Now, yer mum an’ dad were as good a witch an’ wizard as I ever knew. Head boy an’ girl at Hogwarts in their day! Suppose the myst’ry is why You-Know-Who never tried to get ‘em on his side before. . . probably knew they were too close ter Dumbledore ter want anythin’ ter do with the Dark Side.

If you have tried to find an answer to the question, let us know. — Kris, Nov 08 '12 at 11:13
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score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '12 at 11:18

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The subject of "suppose" is "I". It's been elided from the sentence. This is quite common in informal speaking and even in writing. "Hope this helps" = "I hope this helps".

answered Nov 08 '12 at 11:18

Yes, while reading Harry Potter, I've gotta try to find out what the subject of this verb many times. Especially in Hagird's words, i can hardly find them. – Listenever Nov 15 '12 at 23:41

What’s the subject?

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