Simic's poems have never clamored for a reader's agreement; the speakers here assume that they are somehow not alone in their sentiments.

Given (or old) information is that knowledge which the speaker assumes to be in the consciousness of the addressee at the time of the utterance.

The speaker could have assumed that it was going to be another type of building.

Use of an inferred evidential, for example, implies the speaker assumes the addressee does not have direct access to evidence on the subject at hand.

Use of an indefinite article implies that the speaker assumes the listener does not have to know the identity of the referent.

However, when the antecedent of the spoken pronoun tā is unclear, native speakers will assume it is a male person.

The speaker assumes that the listener shares the speaker's need for closeness and the view that both parties have a lot in common.

God's eye view is a name for a point of view where the speaker or writer assumes they have knowledge only God would have.

It appeared that this morning our speakers assumed we were more knowledgeable that we are.

The outgoing speaker of parliament, Nino Burjanadze, assumed the presidency until new elections could be held.