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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Amenable

We would be happy to contact you should you find our suggestion amenable.

1. Is my sentence above grammatically correct? I used 'would' to be polite or indirect or less forceful.

2. Can I use 'amenable' above to mean whether the listener is OK with our suggestion?
3. I hope using 'amenable' is not strong or offensive, is it?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

Amenable is not good. "Acceptable" might possibly pass. We would be happy is ok.

— Ivanhr

  • Amenable is not good.
  • "Acceptable" might possibly pass.
  • We would be happy is ok.
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9 Answers
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Amenable is not good. "Acceptable" might possibly pass.

We would be happy is ok.
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Thank you, but how is 'amenable' different from 'agreeable/acceptable'?
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1. Is my sentence above grammatically correct? I used 'would' to be polite or indirect or less forceful.-- Yes, that grammar is correct.

2. Can I use 'amenable' above to mean whether the listener is OK with our suggestion?-- No, not really. See #3

3. I hope using 'amenable' is not strong or offensive, is it?-- It is the wrong word choice: it is slightly po
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On 2nd thought, this seems OK, too:

We would be happy to contact you should you be amenable to our suggestion.
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Thank you so much for your answers and suggestions.
Mister Micawber1. Is my sentence above grammatically correct? I used 'would' to be polite or indirect or less forceful.-- Yes, that grammar is correct.
At first, I was having doubt about my conditional structure because I've learned that when 'should' is used instead of 'if', the verb in the main clause shoul
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Of those 3 sentences, they are in descending order of courtesy, though all are polite; that is the only difference.
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Thank you, again, for that clarification.

Since all are correct, would you say that using 'would' to sound polite or indirect is a possible exception to the normal conditional forms?

I would be happy to contact you should you be amenable to our suggestion.

If I rephrased it as follows, would it still be correct?

I would contact you shoul
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Lord knows where you are headed or what the problem is, but those sentences are all wrong. Maybe 'I'd be happy/glad/delighted/etc to + verb' is a semi-fixed phrase.
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OK, I've got it. I'll stick to the rules. However, I should take note of the semi-fixed phrases like what you gave as examples. Thank you very much.
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