Would you mind? – English Grammar Profiler
Here are the most common examples with explanations of ‘would you mind‘:
Would you mind if I took your picture?
*notice the past form ‘took’ to be polite.
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In the English Grammar Profile, point 83 at B1 in the category of MODALITY is defined as:
‘would’ to make polite requests, often in the fixed expression ‘would you mind’
‘Would you mind’ is also B1 in the EVP and in the EGP, the point overlaps to some degree with B1 second conditional since ‘if’ follows this expression very frequently.
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would _P mind * *
WOULD YOU MIND + * *
1 IF I 735 2 TELLING ME 337 3 SHARING YOUR 204 4 SHARING THE 201 5 LETTING ME 189 6 SHARING WHAT 143 7 GIVING ME 112 8 TAKING A 110 9 TELLING US 105 10 IF WE 104 11 UPDATING YOUR 97 12 SENDING ME 94 13 POSTING A 82 14 SHARING WHICH 79 15 SHARING WHERE 76 16 SHARING A 74 17 SHARING HOW 74 18 ELABORATING ON 64 19 STATING WHICH 58 20 SHARING SOME 57 21 EMAILING ME 50 22 HELPING ME 49 23 POSTING THE 49 24 SHARING WITH 48 25 GIVING US 38 26 SHARING IT 36 27 POSTING YOUR 31 28 LOOKING AT 30 29 TO SHARE 30 30 DOING A 29 31 EXPANDING ON 28 32 EXPLAINING HOW 28 33 SHARING? 27 34 HAVING A 26 35 TERRIBLY IF 26 36 ANSWERING A 24 37 LETTING US 23 38 POINTING ME 23
39 PROVIDING US 23
40 COMMENTING ON 22 41 EXPLAINING THE 22 42 EXPLAINING WHAT 22 43 GOING INTO 21
44 PROVIDING A 20
45 GIVING A 19 46 ME ASKING 19 47 ? ” 17 48 POSTING SOME 17 49 SHOWING US 17 50 VERY MUCH 17 51 EXPLAINING A 16 52 SENDING A 16 53 TO EXPLAIN 16 54 ELABORATING ? 15 55 EXPLAINING WHY 15
56 PROVIDING ME 15
57 SHOOTING ME 15 58 SHOWING ME 15 59 ? 14 60 ? I 14 61 CONTACTING ME 14 62 GOING TO 14 63 SHARING MORE 14 64 EXPLAINING TO 13 65 LEAVING A 13 66 MAKING A 13 67 PMING ME 13 68 POSTING IT 13 69 SHARING ANY 13 70 TO TELL 13 71 COMING TO 12 72 EXPLAINING IT 12 73 EXPLAINING THAT 12 74 SHARING THAT 12 75 SHARING WHY 12 76 DOING ME 11 77 DOING THAT 11 78 ELABORATING A 11 79 IF YOU 11 80 NOT STANDING 11 81 PUTTING A 11 82 SENDING US 11
83 CREATING A 10 (*NOTE the B2 complex verb pattern)
Sorry to ask, Smith, would you mind creating a playlist of your favourite songs, please?
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84 FILLING OUT 10 85 GOING OVER 10 86 MOVING YOUR 10 87 PROVIDING THE 10 88 SENDING THE 10 89 SHARING THEM 10 90 TELLING OUR 10 91 WOULD ANYONE MIND IF I 9 92 ADDING A 9 93 BEING MORE 9 94 CHECKING OUT 9 95 CLARIFYING ? 9 96 CLARIFYING WHAT 9 97 GIVING SOME 9 98 IF SOMEBODY 9 99 LINKING ME 9
100 POINTING OUT 9
B1:
creating, providing, shooting, terribly, updating