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"English at Once" is a blog that intends to become a guide for students, offering help and showing tips to avoid the most common grammar mistakes. You will find, once a week, an entry with an error and how it must be corrected. You will also find tips for the writing or the oral, the typical "False Friends" and everything you need to speak a better English. Welcome on board! Welcome to English at Once!
A common mistake:
- Would you mind opening the door?
- Yes, sure!
The formal expression "would you mind" means "to be offended or bothered by doing something". If you answer "yes", you are showing embarrassment or that you are not willing to do what it's requested. That's why the correct or the polite answer is "No, I don't" or " Not at all":
- Would you mind if I smoke?
- Of course not!
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