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Tanner92 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

It would be nice of you if you send me a message./It would be nice of you to send me a message.

Hello all.

Please tell me which structure would you prefer?

It would be nice of you if you send me a message.

It would be nice of you to send me a message.

Thank you.
  

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It would be nice (of you) if you sent me a message. It would be nice (of you) to send me a message. Both of those are fine, but I would omit the parenthesized phrases.

— Mister Micawber

  • It would be nice (of you) if you sent me a message.
  • It would be nice (of you) to send me a message.
  • Both of those are fine, but I would omit the parenthesized phrases.
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It would be nice (of you) if you sent me a message.
It would be nice (of you) to send me a message.

Both of those are fine, but I would omit the parenthesized phrases.
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The. Without omitting them one of the sentences would sound less natural?

Tanner92
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AnonymousWithout omitting them would one of the sentences would sound less natural?
No. They are both natural.
I sense that the first might be a bit more sarcastic.

eg.
I sent my nephew $100 for his birthday. I got no response.
Then I sent him $100 for Christmas. I got no response.

I sent his mother a message:
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