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How would you express "would like"? "I don’t want to go" and "I would like not to go" express different things. One is expressing opposition right now, the ot
by BiteCode_dev 7y ago
How would you express "would like"?
"I don’t want to go" and "I would like not to go" express different things.
One is expressing opposition right now, the other one is expressing desire or even a request, potentially while the action is already engaged. The first one is definitive, the second one is wishful thinking or negotiation.
- andrewzah 7y agoI don’t see any practical difference other than using more polite, indirect language. The effect of “would like not to” is the same in the end with opposition. I don’t think there’s a 1:1 translation of “would like not to”. I’d probably say something like “it’d be good if I did / didn’t do X”. Which is less direct than the equivalent “I do / don’t want to do X”.