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Orim Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

If clauses

Hi,

can somebody tell me which tens I should use in this type of sentence:

"Would you mind if ...... "

because i found this examples:

-"Would you mind if I smoked?"
-"Would you mind if I smoke?"

and I am a little bit confused.

Thanks.
  

Top answer

" By saying this you accept any answer to come, either a positive or negative one. " - It shows that the smoking is very urgent for you. You're likely to smoke anyway.

— Regards

  • " By saying this you accept any answer to come, either a positive or negative one.
  • " - It shows that the smoking is very urgent for you.
  • You're likely to smoke anyway.
  • Regards
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Hi,

If you wish to be polite, use "Would you mind if I smoked?" By saying this you accept any answer to come, either a positive or negative one. "Would you mind if I smoke?" - It shows that the smoking is very urgent for you. You're likely to smoke anyway.

Regards
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Thank a lot I didn't expect such a big difference.

Is it always working like that ?

(for irregular verbs it will be second or third form ? )
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orim-"Would you mind if I smoked?"
This is a type 2 conditional sentence.

orim-"Would you mind if I smoke?",
Not wrong, but I prefer "Do you mind if I smoke?"
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Hi,

Generally, yes. It's more polite.

Would you mind if I opened the door?

Would you mind if I took it?

Would you mind if I looked at it?

Regards
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