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Happyending Posted 13 years ago
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Hi teachers,I posted this question earlier too; but I don't know why I can't see it.The question was:Could anyone please tell me the difference between the following words if there's any?- Do you mind if I ask you something?- would you mind if I asked (or ask is better here?) you something?- I hope you won't mind if I ask you something.- I hope you don't mind if I ask you something.- Would you mind if I asked you something?- Would you mind me asking you something?- Would you mind my asking you something?- Do you mind if I asked you something?- Do you mind me asking you something?- Do you mind my asking you something?Dear teachers, I'd like to know the difference between the above sentences, please. Is there any difference in formality/ politeness expressed by these sentences?Also, I'd be grateful if corrected the grammatical mistakes in my post.Thank you.
  

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Would you mind my asking you something? ) Do you mind my asking you something? Using w ould is more polite than using do.

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  • Would you mind my asking you something?
  • ) Do you mind my asking you something?
  • Using w ould is more polite than using do.
  • I hope you won't mind if I ask you something.
  • This is not really a question, but a statement.
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Would you mind my asking you something? (You will hear "me," but it's not me that you are concerned about, it is the asking.)
Do you mind my asking you something?

Using would is more polite than using do.

I hope you won't mind if I ask you something. This is not really a question, but a statement. Some cultures have a lot of "preliminar
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Thank you so much, Alley, for your reply! (I hope you won't mind me calling you "Alley" Emotion: smile

So, those are more or less the sa
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