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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Would

Suppose I post my own video on Facebook with saying, 'I would love to get likes and any comments.' The reason for using would in the sentence is that I don't know if somebody is going to give my video likes or comments, right?
  

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Anonymous The reason for using would in the sentence is that I don't know if somebody is going to give my video likes or comments, right? No. The reason is that you are using a variant of the idiom "I would like", changing it to "I would love", which is simply a more polite way of saying "I want", which sounds a little too forward and rude in English.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous The reason for using would in the sentence is that I don't know if somebody is going to give my video likes or comments, right?
  • No.
  • The reason is that you are using a variant of the idiom "I would like", changing it to "I would love", which is simply a more polite way of saying "I want", which sounds a little too forward and rude in English.
  • You are weakening the effect of sounding like you are demanding something ( I want ) by using an expression with "would".
  • Knowing or not knowing if somebody is going to like your video has nothing to do with it.
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AnonymousThe reason for using would in the sentence is that I don't know if somebody is going to give my video likes or comments, right?
No. The reason is that you are using a variant of the idiom "I would like", changing it to "I would love", which is simply a more polite way of saying "I want", which sounds a little too forward and rude in English.
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It doesn't seem to me that that is the reason to use "would." When you say you would love something, it reflects on you, not the other people. "Would" is part of "would love," and the subject of that sentence picks the modal auxiliary because of what he/she is feeling. The point is how you will/would feel if you get likes or comments. It isn't about the people who will like your video or leave co
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CalifJim AnonymousThe reason for using would in the sentence is that I don't know if somebody is going to give my video likes or comments, right?No. The reason is that you are using a variant of the idiom "I would like", changing it to "I would love", which is simply a more polite way of saying "I want", which sounds a little too forward and rude in English.You are weaken
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I have one more sentence.

I would love to help you with money if I could. this sentence is being polite too? if not, how to know if would is used to be polite or for conditional II? thank you.
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AnonymousWhat if I say, 'any likes and comments would be great.'? Is it still being polite or conditional II?
It is still polite, and it is not a second conditional, and your first sentence is not a conditional either.

CJ
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Don't these semtences mean the same?

1. I would love if you gave me any like or comments on my video.

2. I would love to get any likes or comments on my video.

Both meam the same, right?
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Suppose, I am having dinner with my friends but we don't have any beer on the table. Now I say, some beer would be great with dinner. Is it still being polite? If not, how to know if it's polite or conditional II?
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Anonymoushow to know if would is used to be polite or for conditional II?
Most of the time when would occurs in an expression like "would like" or one of its variants that substitutes for "want", and there is no if-clause, it's a matter of the "would of politeness".

I would like to travel in Spain. / My sister would like a glas
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I uses to think Would with if clause+subject+past verb is conditional II?
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Anonymoushow to know if it's polite or conditional II?
It can be both at the same time, you know.

CJ
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