mind

[Untaught88]

Hi,

Is ''Maybe they minded what you said'' correct?

 

[Rover_KE]

What do you want it to mean, and in what context would you say it?

 

[Untaught88]

If someone is angry with me or is not talking to me. Please be close to my sentence.

 

[Matthew Wai]

In that sense, 'mind' is usually used in questions and negatives according to www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/mind_2
But your sentence is affirmative.

 

[GoesStation]

Try Maybe they didn't like what I said. "Mind" in the sense of "dislike" is used in the negative and in questions. For example, I was afraid I had insulted him, but he said he didn't mind. (He said he did not dislike my statement.)

 

[Roman55]

It's not exclusively used in the negative and in questions. It can be used as the answer to a question too.

'Do you mind?'

'Yes, I do mind as a matter of fact.'

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think 'mind' can be omitted after 'I do'.

 

[GoesStation]

It's not exclusively used in the negative and in questions. It can be used as the answer to a question too.

'Do you mind?'

'Yes, I do mind as a matter of fact.'

Do you think we can generalize to say that to mind in the sense of "dislike" is used in the negative, in questions, and in responses to (real, rhetorical or unstated) questions?

 

[Tarheel]

I don't mind = It doesn't bother me.

I do mind = It bothers me.

 

[Tarheel]

You don't mind, do you? = That doesn't bother you, does it?