Trompe-l'oeil Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
polite request: too many would-s
Hello,
Could you tell me if the following sentence is correct:
I would be honored if you would accept my invitation to be a part of my special day.
Is it a request, where second would indicates politness, or a conditional sentence/statement?
Could you tell me if the following sentence is correct:
I would be honored if you would accept my invitation to be a part of my special day.
Is it a request, where second would indicates politness, or a conditional sentence/statement?
Top answer
Hello, Trompe-l'oeil, and welcome to English Forums. The sentence is certainly correct, and it seems to be both-- a polite request cast as a mixed conditional statement: I will be honored if you accept. I would be honored if you accepted.
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Hello, Trompe-l'oeil, and welcome to English Forums.
The sentence is certainly correct, and it seems to be both-- a polite request cast as a mixed conditional statement:
I will be honored if you accept.
I would be honored if you accepted. (present conditional/Conditional II)
I would be honored if you would accept (2nd would is 'tentative volitio
The sentence is certainly correct, and it seems to be both-- a polite request cast as a mixed conditional statement:
I will be honored if you accept.
I would be honored if you accepted. (present conditional/Conditional II)
I would be honored if you would accept (2nd would is 'tentative volitio
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