[General] Please explain

[Unregistered]

I don't get the exact meaning of the following expression:
"If there is problem - which I take leave to doubt - then it is you who create it"
Could anyone help me to understand it?
Thanks

 

[tedtmc]

not a teacher

I prefer it to be worded this way:

If there is problem, which I doubt, then it is you who create it.

 

[crapal]

not a teacher

Hi,
As I saw some answers in other posts, I would replace "take leave to" by
"permit myself to" or "take the liberty of doing something" or "allow myself"...

I think it's a polite way to express my doubt.

We could replace this sentence by: "permit myself to doubt there is a problem,
anyway if it exists, then it is you who create it.

 

[tedtmc]

IMO, whichever way you say it, the phrase 'it is you who create it' is not meant to be polite.

 

[Jaskin]

hi,
Please note that I'm not a teacher nor a native speaker ;

Is there any wider context ?


I thought it was like that:

If there is a problem - which, I take, leaves no doubt - then it is you who create it.

Does it make any sense ?
I know It wasn't the original question.


Cheers,

 

[euncu]

***neither a teacher nor a native-speaker***

"If there is problem - which I take leave to doubt - then it is you who create it"

1)If there is problem, then it is you who create it. (I'm sure that it's your fault)

2)If there is problem - which I take leave to doubt - then it is you who create it. (There is a small chance that it might not be your fault).
But, for the second sentence, I can't say the reason why to say something like that without hearing the tone of the speaker's voice or his/her gestures. Only, then, we can say whether it is out of politeness or being not so sure.