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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Am I correct?

Would you like some coffee?

I know with this sentence I am asking someone politely for coffee. But just to understand the concept of using ”, Implied “if clause” could be “if I offered you”, am I right? Like:

Would you like some coffee (if I offered it to you)? Am I correct?

  

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You are not asking someone for coffee—you are offering to give them some coffee. There's no need to consider the implication 'if I offered it to you' as the offer is contained in the question.

  • You are not asking someone for coffee—you are offering to give them some coffee.
  • There's no need to consider the implication 'if I offered it to you' as the offer is contained in the question.
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You are not asking someone for coffee—you are offering to give them some coffee.

There's no need to consider the implication 'if I offered it to you' as the offer is contained in the question.

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