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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Understanding a Phrase
Hello. I consider my English to be quite good, but there is a phrase that i don't understand. The phrase is "If I want your opinion I will give it to you. / If I wanted your opinion I would give it to you."
To me it seems like the proper way to ask would be "If I want your opinion I will ask for it" but yet I hear the previously stated one more often. Is there any reason the phrase is stated as such?
Thank you.
To me it seems like the proper way to ask would be "If I want your opinion I will ask for it" but yet I hear the previously stated one more often. Is there any reason the phrase is stated as such?
Thank you.
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"If I want your opinion I will give it to you. " I've worked for many years in many fields in the US, and I've never heard it put this way. It makes no sense.
- "If I want your opinion I will give it to you.
- " I've worked for many years in many fields in the US, and I've never heard it put this way.
- It makes no sense.
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"If I want your opinion I will give it to you. / If I wanted your opinion I would give it to you."
I've worked for many years in many fields in the US, and I've never heard it put this way.
I've worked for many years in many fields in the US, and I've never heard it put this way.
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It's backwards.
If I want your opinion, I'll ask for it.
If I wanted your opinion, I'd ask for it'
[not so nice: if I want your opinion, I'll ring your bell / rattle your cage]
If I want your opinion, I'll ask for it.
If I wanted your opinion, I'd ask for it'
[not so nice: if I want your opinion, I'll ring your bell / rattle your cage]
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