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Bbser Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

I was wondering or I am wondering in a phone call

When making a phone call, which of these shall say?
"I was wondering if it would be possible to have Mary paged."
"I am wondering if it would be ...."

I heard a lot of the first one. But I think the second makes sense much more because I am wondering that when making that call. What do you say about this?

Thanks.
  

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'I was wondering' is a slightly more polite form of 'I am wondering'. The first is a shortened form of 'I was wondering [if you were willing to do so] if it would be possible to have Mary paged'.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'I was wondering' is a slightly more polite form of 'I am wondering'.
  • The first is a shortened form of 'I was wondering [if you were willing to do so] if it would be possible to have Mary paged'.
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'I was wondering' is a slightly more polite form of 'I am wondering'.

The first is a shortened form of 'I was wondering [if you were willing to do so] if it would be possible to have Mary paged'.
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