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- 07-Feb-2013, 16:23 #1
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When do you think I should come? When do you think I should come?
I wonder if it is common for native speakers to say "When do you think?".
- 07-Feb-2013, 16:25 #2
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Re: When do you think I should come? Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
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- 07-Feb-2013, 16:34 #3
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Re: When do you think I should come? Thanks 5jj Originally Posted by 5jj
I was editing my post when you replied. I wonder if it is common for native speakers to say "When do you think?".
- 07-Feb-2013, 18:25 #4
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Re: When do you think I should come? Yes.
- 07-Feb-2013, 18:43 #5
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Re: When do you think I should come? Yes, it's a common construction. It might help to imagine it like this:
When, in your opinion, should I come?Remember - correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing make posts much easier to read.
- 07-Feb-2013, 18:53 #6
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Re: When do you think I should come? I am relieved that I am not into those spider's-webby diagrams. People who like them would probably have fun with When do you think I should come?
I think that the absence of pauses in speech and of commas in writing make it slightly different in meaning from When should I come, do you think?Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
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- 07-Feb-2013, 19:00 #7
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Re: When do you think I should come? Yes, I think you're right. Perhaps I should have suggested imagining it as:
At what time do/would you consider it a good idea for me to arrive?
Not, of course, that we would ever actually say that!Remember - correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing make posts much easier to read.
- 07-Feb-2013, 20:03 #8
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Re: When do you think I should come? Health Warning: Do not read this, learners. It could be harmful to your mental health.
I wasn't saying you were wrong. I was just musing. I would not like to try to explain the precise difference in meaning between those two sentences in my last post. Originally Posted by emsr2d2
As a further complicater, your sentence above could perhaps be interpreted as, "You don't consider the idea of my arriving (at any time) to be a good idea. At what time would you consider this?"
Last edited by emsr2d2; 07-Feb-2013 at 22:03. Reason: typo
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