Timeline for Other meanings of でしょう besides "probably"
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Jun 29, 2011 at 1:38 | comment | added | Mark Hosang | @pacerier: ah you are right about だろう... had a momentary brain fart on this one. | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 16:02 | comment | added | Pacerier | @William is the intonation of でしょう (probably) dropping? | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 16:01 | comment | added | Pacerier | @Mark isn't でしょう the formal version of だろう ? | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 10:59 | comment | added | William | It's more polite than です but であります is the polite copula. | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 7:02 | comment | added | Mark Hosang | i thought でしょう was the more formal version of です | |
| Jun 27, 2011 at 17:42 | comment | added | William | I would say they're close, but ですね is more looking for agreement after deciding, where でしょう is hedging your bets by not deciding absolutely until you see the opinion of those around you. | |
| Jun 27, 2011 at 14:09 | comment | added | language hacker | So how is that different from ですね? It's almost the same thing, right? | |
| Jun 27, 2011 at 13:15 | history | answered | William | CC BY-SA 3.0 |