past simple (politeness) – English Grammar Profiler

Point 73 in the category of PAST is defined as:

Past simple: ‘I wondered’ and ‘I wanted’ as politeness structures, when making polite requests and thanking.

I wondered if * could * 1 I WONDERED IF IT COULD BE 52 2 I WONDERED IF I COULD DO 46

3 I WONDERED IF I COULD MAKE 45

4 I WONDERED IF YOU COULD HELP 41

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5 I WONDERED IF I COULD USE 36 6 I WONDERED IF I COULD GET 29 7 I WONDERED IF ANYONE COULD HELP 26 8 I WONDERED IF YOU COULD TELL 25 9 I WONDERED IF I COULD JUST 19 10 I WONDERED IF I COULD HAVE 16 11 I WONDERED IF YOU COULD GIVE 16 12 I WONDERED IF I COULD FIND 14 13 I WONDERED IF THERE COULD BE 14 14 I WONDERED IF ANYONE COULD GIVE 13 15 I WONDERED IF I COULD BE 12 16 I WONDERED IF I COULD ASK 12 17 I WONDERED IF I COULD TAKE 12 18 I WONDERED IF THIS COULD BE 12 19 I WONDERED IF YOU COULD DO 12

20 I WONDERED IF WE COULD DO 11

I wanted to * if * *

1 I WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD 906 2 I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS 189 3 I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE IS 169 4 I WANTED TO SEE IF IT WAS 150 5 I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS 135 6 I WANTED TO KNOW IF I COULD 134 7 I WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS 105 8 I WANTED TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE 99 9 I WANTED TO SEE IF IT WOULD 80 10 I WANTED TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS 79 11 I WANTED TO KNOW IF I CAN 76

12 I WANTED TO SEE IF ANYONE HAD 73

13 I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU COULD 66

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14 I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD 62 15 I WANTED TO KNOW IF IT IS 61 16 I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAD 60 17 I WANTED TO SEE IF I CAN 59 18 I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE 56 19 I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WERE 52 20 I WANTED TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS 51 21 I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE 49 22 I WANTED TO SEE IF ANY OF 48 23 I WANTED TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAD 44 24 I WANTED TO ASK IF THERE IS 42 25 I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE IS 41 26 I WANTED TO KNOW IF I SHOULD 40 27 I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD 40 28 I WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS WAS 39 29 I WANTED TO SEE IF I WAS 39 30 I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WERE 37 31 I WANTED TO KNOW IF ANY OF 36 32 I WANTED TO KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE 36 33 I WANTED TO SEE IF THIS WAS 36 34 I WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WOULD 32 35 I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU CAN 32 36 I WANTED TO KNOW IF IT ‘S 31 37 I WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS IS 30 38 I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE ‘S 29 39 I WANTED TO KNOW IF I WAS 28 40 I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU HAVE 26 41 I WANTED TO ASK IF ANYONE HAS 24 42 I WANTED TO SEE IF IT COULD 24 43 I WANTED TO KNOW IF ANYONE KNEW 23 44 I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD 23 45 I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU COULD 22 46 I WANTED TO KNOW IF ANYONE COULD 22 47 I WANTED TO KNOW IF ANYONE KNOWS 22 48 I WANTED TO KNOW IF THAT WAS 22 49 I WANTED TO SEE IF ANYONE HERE 20

50 I WANTED TO SEE IF I WOULD 20

I wanted to thank * * * *

1 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR 69

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2 I WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 65 3 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE 53 4 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF 41 5 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP 38 6 I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR 34 7 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE 28 8 I WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL 26 9 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ONES TIME 22 10 I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 21 11 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT 20 12 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME 20 13 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT . 19 14 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM 18 15 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS 17 16 I WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR 16 17 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT 16 18 I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE 15 19 I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO 14

20 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME 14