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27 Dec 2019
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Is this sentence rude? How would you feel? Could you change that into other expressions?
"Pictorial (pictures) explanation would be preferred too!! "
https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/15085066
Hi! : )
Is this sentence rude? How would you feel? Could you change that into other expressions?
"Pictorial (pictures) explanation would be preferred too!! "
https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/15085066
Is this sentence rude? How would you feel? Could you change that into other expressions?
"Pictorial (pictures) explanation would be preferred too!! "
https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/15085066
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It's not rude, not particularly polite either though. If you do want to sound more polite, you could say either:
- "An explanation with pictures would be preferable"
or
- "I'd prefer an explanation with pictures"
You can add "please", or "if you don't mind" to the end of these to sound more polite.
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It's not rude, not particularly polite either though. If you do want to sound more polite, you could say either:
- "An explanation with pictures would be preferable"
or
- "I'd prefer an explanation with pictures"
You can add "please", or "if you don't mind" to the end of these to sound more polite.
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@iwamoto4477 It's not rude.
I'd say:
Explanations with pictures would be appreciated.
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"would be adjetive" equals to " would like to ~, would you like to ~"?...I don't know that usage like above....
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"would be adjetive" equals to " would like to ~, would you like to ~"?...I don't know that usage like above....
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@iwamoto4477 Explanations with pictures would be appreciated.
= I would appreciate explanations with pictures.
An explanation with pictures would be preferable.
= I would prefer an explanation with pictures.
It is more polite to refer to yourself indirectly here.
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@iwamoto4477 In these two possibilities:
Explanations with pictures would be appreciated.
= I would appreciate explanations with pictures.
The second one says "I 〜" which some people prefer to omit.
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