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Mind as a verb
We say I don’t mind, or it doesn’t matter. We don’t say it doesn’t mind:
A:
I don’t mind. I can sit on the floor. (or It doesn’t matter. I can sit on the floor.)
Not: It doesn’t mind …
See also:
Matter
Warning:
When we refer to the future, we use present (not future) verb forms after mind:
I don’t mind what day they come and stay as long as it’s not Tuesday 12th because I’m
away.
Not: … what day they will come and stay …
We use the phrases would you mind + -ing form, and do you mind + -ing form to ask people
politely to do things. Would you mind is more polite and more common:
Would you mind opening the window, please?
Do you mind turning down the volume a little, please?
Do you mind me turning on the light? (I want to turn on the light)
When we ask for permission politely, we can use would you mind if I + past or do you mind
if I + present:
Would you mind if I turned on this light? = Do you mind if I turn this light on?
Do you mind if I sit here? = Would you mind if I sat here?
When someone asks for permission, we usually reply no …, meaning ‘I don’t mind’
or ‘I’m happy with that’. If we want to say that we are not happy, we usually begin
with I’m afraid …:
A:
Never mind
We use the phrase never mind to tell someone not to worry about something
because it is not important:
A:
Spoken English:
We use the phrase mind you in speaking to mean ‘but we should also remember or
take into account’:
We had such terrible weather on our holiday. Mind you, it was winter in Tasmania
when we went there.
We also use mind you when we are joking:
[A is reading a newspaper headline]
A:
Yeah.
B:
Yeah. Must have a big back yard, mind you, to have ten holes of golf.
Mind as a noun