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Tue 26 Aug, 2008 09:15 pm
“Oh! but please don’t go till you have told me what it is; I’m so frightened,” said Alice, “do stay and tell me about it before you go to papa.”
“Well, I don’t mind if I do,” said the boy, sitting down again. “You must know, then, that it’s reported there are pirates on the island.”
What does "Well, I don't mind if I do' mean? Are there any punctuation errors.
Many thanks.
@tanguatlay,
“Well, I don’t mind if I do" is a type of understatement meaning something like, "I'd be happy to do such and such".
@JTT,
Yes.
Perhaps another, clearer way of expressing it
is that: "I don 't object to doing so" understatement.
That 's my best interpretation.
David
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