Is this sentence grammatically correct ? "would you mind if I asked you for an advice" Thanks
S spunit78 New member Joined Oct 3, 2012 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Hindi Home Country India Current Location United States Oct 3, 2012 #1 Is this sentence grammatically correct ? "would you mind if I asked you for an advice" Thanks
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Oct 3, 2012 #2 Welcome to the forums, spunit:-D. It's not correct. 'Would you mind if I asked you for [STRIKE]an[/STRIKE] advice?' would be an improvement. Don't leave a space before a question mark. Rover
Welcome to the forums, spunit:-D. It's not correct. 'Would you mind if I asked you for [STRIKE]an[/STRIKE] advice?' would be an improvement. Don't leave a space before a question mark. Rover
Barb_D Moderator Staff member Joined Mar 12, 2007 Member Type Other Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Oct 4, 2012 #3 I actually like "some advice" better than just "advice." Or Would you mind if I asked your advice?"