Do you mind?

[Bilal]

Dear Sirs,
May I know the difference between: "Do you mind open the window?" and "Would you mind open the window?"
Regards,

[Tdol]

Firstly, it should be 'opening'. The second is a request, while the first is a question about whether someone objects generally to opening the window, and a bit of a strange way of asking it, I think. You could 'do you mind if I open the window?', if you want to do the opening.

[hayriye kayi]

Bilal,

First, it is "do you mind/would you mind V-ing" not bare infinitive!

Second, if you want to sound particularly polite, or if you think the answer may be negative, you can use Would you mind + verb-ing as the preferred alternative to Could you…? Would you mind…? literally means: Would you object to…?

Third, similarly, if we use Do / Would you mind if I…? to make a request, we may be anticipating possible objections.. and also there is the difference between Would you mind…? and Would you mind me/my…?:

EX:Would you mind opening the door? (= you do it)


Would you mind me/my opening the door? (= I'll do it)


Does it make sense??