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Vibhanu Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is this correct

"What if I asked you to think a flower..Imagine you would think rose."

Is there more appropriate way to express this idea?
  

Top answer

It’s not correct, and I don’t know what you’re trying to say. Maybe What if I asked you to think of a flower? Would you imagine a rose?

  • It’s not correct, and I don’t know what you’re trying to say.
  • Maybe What if I asked you to think of a flower?
  • Would you imagine a rose?
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It’s not correct, and I don’t know what you’re trying to say.

Maybe

What if I asked you to think of a flower? Would you imagine a rose?

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I want to say..

I ask someone to think of a flower...Then,she thinks Rose..

I want to say to that person..If I asked you to think of a flower...Imagine you think of rose..

Conversation goes like this...

What if I asked you to tell it back..Imagine you reply rose.
Then,What if I told you that you are lying....
What if I told you to prove that you thought
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Suppose I asked you to think of a flower and then you imagined a rose. How would you prove this?


(Telepathy?)
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I also incline to Aspara Gus's suggested sentence, but I didn't quite catch myself either what you are trying to say.
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You can't prove 'the things you think' ...Because we believe on them,we believe what they say..But If someone said to prove what you really thought...and said you didn't think about that.. you thought about something else..(As in above example what if I told that person "No, you didn't think about ROSE..You thought about SUNFLOWER..prove it you thought rose")....it cannot be done.So I can come to
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Suppose I asked you to think of a flower, and you thought of a rose. I ask you to tell me what flower you thought of, and you reply, "A rose." Then, what if I said you were lying? What if I demanded you prove you thought of a rose? How could you prove it? You could not.
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As Wittgenstein might say, this could be part of an illustration of how we use "prove".

(Sorry, totally off topic, I know. But I couldn't resist.)

H.
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enoonSuppose I asked you to think of a flower, and you thought of a rose. I ask you to tell me what flower you thought of, and you reply, "A rose." Then, what if I said you were lying? What if I demanded you prove you thought of a rose? How could you prove it? You could not.
Thank you sir.It's great.

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