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Usage of "Would you mind"



 
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Usage of "Would you mind" #1 (permalink) Tue May 20, 2008 9:46 am   Usage of "Would you mind"
 

Is it GRAMMATICALLY true to say

"Would you mind letting me to go home?"

You're terribly sick and you're saying this to your boss.)
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Usage of "Would you mind" #2 (permalink) Tue May 20, 2008 10:59 am   Usage of "Would you mind"
 

Would you mind letting me go home?

without TO

i think it's all right
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Usage of "Would you mind" #3 (permalink) Tue May 20, 2008 12:24 pm   Usage of "Would you mind"
 

thank you
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Usage of "Would you mind" #4 (permalink) Tue May 20, 2008 13:41 pm   Usage of "Would you mind"
 

Hi,

In this construction, HerGuardian is clearly right in saying that 'to' is not needed. It's worth noting that if you want to use 'allow', you would need the preposition. In that case you would say:

Would you mind letting me go home

but

Would you mind allowing me to go home.

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