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Deepcosmos Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Adverbial clause or nominal clause?
"Would you mind if I opened the door?"
"Do you mind if I open the door?"
1. Above IF can be replaced by WHETHER in both sentence?
2. Above IF clause is an adverbial clause (conditional one) or a nominal clause (object
of verb - mind)?
While I consider it an adverbial clause, please let me have your bright opinions with grammatical grounds.
Thanks in advance.
"Do you mind if I open the door?"
1. Above IF can be replaced by WHETHER in both sentence?
2. Above IF clause is an adverbial clause (conditional one) or a nominal clause (object
of verb - mind)?
While I consider it an adverbial clause, please let me have your bright opinions with grammatical grounds.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
1. If I opened the door, would you mind? "Whether" is unnatural as a replacement for "if".
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- If I opened the door, would you mind?
- "Whether" is unnatural as a replacement for "if".
- This is a classic second conditional sentence.
- It's the same when the "if-clause" is placed after the main clause.
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1. If I opened the door, would you mind?
"Whether" is unnatural as a replacement for "if". This is a classic second conditional sentence. It's the same when the "if-clause" is placed after the main clause. The more natural phrasing for the polite request is the if-clause placed after the main clause.
2. Do you mind if I open the door ? (This is a polite way of making a request. I
"Whether" is unnatural as a replacement for "if". This is a classic second conditional sentence. It's the same when the "if-clause" is placed after the main clause. The more natural phrasing for the polite request is the if-clause placed after the main clause.
2. Do you mind if I open the door ? (This is a polite way of making a request. I
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AlpheccaStarsDo you mind whether I open the door (or not)? This seems like a different meaning. It seems unnatural to me.Many thanks, AlpheccaStars!!
Would you explain again if the whether-structure of following sentence is the same as above? ;
I don't mind whether it's a good review or a bad review, as long as it's well-wri
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deepcosmosWould you explain again if the whether-structure of following sentence is the same as above? ;I'd say it is.
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AlpheccaStarsI'd say it is.If both have the same whether-structure ;
the sentence - Do you mind whether I open the door (or not)? -
could be grammatically correct one, even though you said, "This seems like a different meaning. It seems unnatural to me."
Best RGDS,
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deepcosmos AlpheccaStarsI'd say it is.If both have the same whether-structure ;the sentence - Do you mind whether I open the door (or not)? -could be grammatically correct one, even though you said, "This seems like a different meaning. It seems unnatural to me."Best RGDS,It's not a conditional, but an interrogative; a 'closed' interrogative to be prec
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deepcosmos"Would you mind if I opened the door?""Do you mind if I open the door?"They're both conditionals. I would not use "whether" instead of "if" in those.
deepcosmosplease let me have your bright opinionsI'll pass on this part as others have already commented.
CJ
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CalifJimThey're both conditionals. I would not use "whether" instead of "if" in those.While I am very glad to see your comments, what do you think about above if clause - adverbial or nominal (= object) one?
Thanks in advance.
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deepcosmoswhat do you think about above if clause - adverbial or nominal (= object) one?I don't think you realized that the answer to this question is implicit in what I've already written. If it's a conditional, as I said, it's what you call "adverbial". The one you call "nominal" is as in I don't know if/whether Sam is ready.
CJ
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