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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Concerning the use of the sentence, "Do [Would] you mind ---ing

0I want to ask a question concerning the sentence, "Do you mind my smoking?" --- (A) 02br
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00Which is the right situation for sentence (A) ---(a) or (b) or (c) or all, or something else?02br
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00(a) I already started to smoke and I'm asking someone if I can keep smoking now.02br
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00(b) I'm a habitual smoker and now I'm asking someone if I can keep smoking in the future too.02br
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00(c) I want to smoke now, and I'm asking someone if I'm allowed to smoke.02br
00 Of course, I know in this case, "if I smoke" is better instead of "my smoking".02br
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00How about the sentence, "Would you mind my smoking?" --- (B) 02br
00Which is the right situation for sentence (B) ---(a) or (b) or (c) or all, or something else?02br
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00Or is sentence (B) completely wrong?02br
00Of course, I know in the case of (c), "if I smoked" is better instead of "my smoking".0-
  

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02i 00 -- B and C are possible contexts0-

  • 02i 00 -- B and C are possible contexts0-
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1i00Do you mind my smoking?02i00 -- all three are possible contexts02br
01i00Would you mind my smoking?02i00 -- B and C are possible contexts0-
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0 Thank you very much for your amswer. 0-

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