| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| reckon (v.) |
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| in its meanings of “think, suppose, and count on,” is Conversational, Informal, and sometimes dialectal: She’ll be here by noon, I reckon. He reckoned that there would be objection. Reckon with means “take into account,” as in We’ll have to reckon with their hostility, I fear. Reckon without is said to occur in the opposite sense, meaning “not to take into account, not to consider,” but it is not common: Reckon without them, and you’ll regret it. Reckon on also occurs, in the sense of “plan or count on” or “take into account”: We don’t reckon on there being any trouble. All these combined forms are Standard, as is reckon followed by a that clause: They reckoned that we would have funds enough to finish. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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