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Musicgold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Are these sentences natural? Sept 26

Hi,

Are these sentences natural to a native ear?

1. Just wanted to confirm if you are okay to meet for coffee at 10am today.

2. Just wanted to cofirm if you have signed up for the seminar.

3. Just wanted to confirm if you saw him in Paris on July 9.

Thanks,
MG
  

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1. I just wanted to confirm that you are okay to meet for coffee at 10 am today. 2.

— Mister Micawber

  • 1.
  • I just wanted to confirm that you are okay to meet for coffee at 10 am today.
  • 2.
  • I just wanted to confirm that you have signed up for the seminar.
  • 3.
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1. I just wanted to confirm that you are okay to meet for coffee at 10 am today.
2. I just wanted to confirm that you have signed up for the seminar.
3. I just wanted to confirm that you saw him in Paris on July 9.
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Some people may use "if", but "that" is better to me. You are confirming a statement, not something in question. In colloquial English, people sometimes omit "I" as understood.


1. Just wanted to confirm that you are okay to meet for coffee at 10am today.

2. Just wanted
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The corrections you have received are, of course, right, and they will make your sentences better, but your sentences are perfectly natural colloquial English as they stand, mostly because they are as incorrect as they are.
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Thanks folks.
Mister Micawber1. I just wanted to confirm that you are okay to meet for coffee at 10 am today.2. I just wanted to confirm that you have signed up for the seminar.3. I just wanted to confirm that you saw him in Paris on July 9.
I am a bit confused here. In all of these sentences the other person had never told me anything before. I came to know abo
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I don't see how you can 'confirm if' anything, although enoon is no doubt right that people do say it. We 'confirm facts', we 'inquire if/whether'.
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