You wish you knew

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Originally Posted by Nightmare85

Thanks, guys.

Raymott, okay, building example sentences is one of my big weak points.
Please, check this:
P1: Will Argentina win the FIFA World Cup 2010?
P2: I wish I knew.
(Of course we could also say, "You wish you knew.")
Well, I was trying to say that we would not say "You wish you knew". That's not an English phrase.
You can say, "I wish I knew", as bertie pointed out.


bertietheblue says it is correct, so we don't need to write:
You wish you knew it.
You wish you knew that.
You wish you knew this.

Do you agree?
What Bertie actually wrote was: This a very strange answer to a simple question. Why on earth would you say this and what do you mean?"
I agree that you don't need to add anything to a phrase that you wouldn't use in the first place. And I agree with Bertie that it's a very strange answer.
Cheers!

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R.

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Originally Posted by Nightmare85

Let's say someone asks me, "Who are you?", and my answer would be:
You wish you knew!

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Out of curiosity (and apart from the grammar), do you mean a tongue-in-cheek answer like "You would only like to know, matey! :-P " :?: Am I right? :-)

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Originally Posted by Raymott

If you need to give a rude answer, try:

A: "Who are you?"
B1: "Wouldn't you like to know!"

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Is it really that mean? Of course, it's obviously not like "I am X.Y., at your service." :mrgreen: , but is it rude? I thought it had the same meaning like "You don't want to know that!". (Though granted, the latter is really not too polite. :lol: ) Besides I think you used the exclamation mark for a reason, didn't you? ;-) Would the question mark change the meaning from a sarcastic answer to a simple question? I (kinda :-D ) think it would.



PS: @Raymott,
Would you be so kind as to correct my mistakes, please? I'd like to learn from them. :oops: :oops:

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Originally Posted by ~Mav~

Out of curiosity (and apart from the grammar), do you mean a tongue-in-cheek answer like "You would only like to know, matey! :-P " :?: Am I right? :-)

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Yes :up:

Cheers!

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Originally Posted by ~Mav~

Out of curiosity (and apart from the grammar), do you mean a tongue-in-cheek answer like, "You would only like to know, matey! :-P " :?: Am I right? :-)
Is it really that mean? Of course, it's obviously not like, "I am X.Y., at your service." :mrgreen: , but is it rude? I thought it had the same meaning like, "You don't want to know that!". (Though granted, the latter is really not too polite. :lol: ) Besides, I think you used the exclamation mark for a reason, didn't you? ;-) Would the question mark change the meaning from a sarcastic answer to a simple question? I (kinda kind of :-D ) think it would.

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I'm not Raymott, but I tried it too. ;-)

P.S: Exclamation mark -> You used it too, and I think the reason is the same :-)

Cheers!

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Originally Posted by Nightmare85

I'm not Raymott, but I tried it too. ;-)

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Thank you. :up: :-)

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Originally Posted by Nightmare85

P.S: Exclamation mark -> You used it too, and I think the reason is the same :-)

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Not exactly. If you mean "You would only like to know, matey!", this is obviously not a question, while "Wouldn't you like to know!" starts like an ordinary question, and it could be a question, though with a different meaning, in my humble opinion. (That's what I asked Raymott. ;-) )

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Originally Posted by Nightmare85

I (kinda kind of :-D ) think it would.

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Oh, please!... :-D I deliberately wrote "kinda", and I did it for a reason. ;-) (I am totally aware of phrases like "gonna", "kinda", "gotta", etc.)

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Originally Posted by Nightmare85

Besides, I

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Yep! :up:

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Originally Posted by Nightmare85

it had the same meaning like,

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I'm not sure about it, but I believe you. :-) Frankly, I don't intend to take any exam, so generally I consider these nuances, with which I can live together, so to speak. ;-) (I am NOT referring to "extra information" clauses, etc., and I also would put a comma after "like" if I inserted "for example" after it.) Honestly, I am much more concerned about things like word order, using correct tenses (and correct words, of course), writing complex sentences, etc. I wish a comma or two, or the lack of them were my only problems and mistakes. *sigh*


Anyway, I don't want to hijack your thread, not to mention that if I write too much, Raymott might not have either the time, or the inclination to correct my sentences, and I don't want to risk that. ;-) :-D

I learned to put commas as soon as you begin with a direct speak.

Let's say someone asks you, "How are you?".
My father told me, "You have a new job."
My father told me that I had a new job.

Many members use commas in such sentences.
(Except for sentence 3.)

Cheers!