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Contoh :
• You wouldn’t sell it to me, would you?
• You couldn’t give me a lift, could you?

Atau bisa juga dengan menggunakan :
• ‘I suppose you couldn’t...’ atau
• ‘I don’t suppose you would...’.
Contoh :
• I suppose you couldn’t just stay an hour or two longer?
• I don’t suppose you’d be prepared to stay in Edinburgh?

Would you mind? dan Do you mind?

Frase ‘would you mind + -ing’, and ‘do you mind + -ing’ digunakan untuk
meminta seseorang melakukan sesuatu dengan sopan/formal. Would you
mind’ lebih sopan dan umum dipakai.

• Would you mind opening the window, please?
• Do you mind turning down the volume a little, please?
• Do you mind me turning on the light? (I want to turn on the light)

Untuk meminta ijin melakukan sesuatu dengan sopan, dapat menggunakan
frase : ‘would you mind if I + past’ atau ‘do you mind if I + present’:

• Would you mind if I turned on this light?
• Do you mind if I sit here?

Catatan penting : Ketika seseorang meminta ijin melakukan sesuatu,
jawaban/response yang disampaikan harus diperhatikan:

Positive response :
• Not at all.
• No. I don’t mind
• Nevermind

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