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[-] aaronstc@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Except for " Do you mind..." I see you point and never noticed it before. I'm guilty of most of these.

However, the polite response to "Do you mind?" is "no." Otherwise you would mind, and if you do mind, you wouldn't want to do the favor. It's actually a weird question because it basically flips the meaning of "yes" and "no" you usually expect.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That's a good argument untiiiillll you consider that this question is essentially a negated version of "Will you please..."

See also: "Why don't you..."

[-] aaronstc@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not really, you're asking if it would be an inconvenience with would you mind.

Your examples are direct requests.

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