if you ask me – English Grammar Profiler

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‘if you ask me’ is C2 in the English Vocabulary Profile and is used to give opinions.

For example:

And it‘s about damned time if you ask me.

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Collocations of ‘if you ask me’ in COCA show that this is used mostly to give negative opinions.

1 STUPID 10 2 NICELY 9 3 BS 6 4 DUMB 6 5 RIDICULOUS 6 6 PATHETIC 5 7 DAMNED 5 8 IDIOTS 4 9 RISKY 4

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