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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Would you mind checking the sentences?

A: I wonder if you mind having coffee with me some time tomorrow.
B: It was half past five. Dad would have finished work. In sentence B, is it necessary to add I thought or I knew? Like: 'It was half past five. I knew he would have finished worked by then.'
  

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A: I wonder if you mind having coffee with me some time tomorrow. I assume this is meant as an invitation. It doesn't sound like one.

  • A: I wonder if you mind having coffee with me some time tomorrow.
  • I assume this is meant as an invitation.
  • It doesn't sound like one.
  • A natural invitation is eg I was wondering if you'd like to have coffee with me some time tomorrow.
  • : B: It was half past five.
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A: I wonder if you mind having coffee with me some time tomorrow.
I assume this is meant as an invitation. It doesn't sound like one.
A natural invitation is
eg I was wondering if you'd like to have coffee with me some time tomorrow.
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B: It was half past five. Dad would have finished work. In sentence B, is it necessary to add I thought or I knew? Like:

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