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Do the two sentences share the same meaning?

 
 
Reply Wed 21 Aug, 2013 01:32 am
A): Do you have something on your mind?
B): Do you have something in your mind?
 
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Reply Wed 21 Aug, 2013 01:51 am
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:
Do the two sentences share the same meaning?
A): Do you have something on your mind?
B): Do you have something in your mind?

It doesn't seem that way to me.

"Do you have something on your mind?" is a way of asking if you are thinking about something in particular.

"Do you have something in your mind?" doesn't sound right, but it might make sense in a science fiction movie where telepathic aliens were invading someone's mind.

But that's from a US perspective. I don't know if it is the same in the UK.
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Reply Wed 21 Aug, 2013 02:51 am
"Do you have something on your mind?" asks if the person questioned is preoccupied with something. I can't think of a situation in which one would say "something in your mind," however. One might ask: "Do you have something in mind," meaning, do you have an idea, do you have a plan.
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Reply Wed 21 Aug, 2013 04:03 am
@oristarA,
Thank you both.
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Reply Wed 21 Aug, 2013 06:37 am
@Setanta,

Yeah.
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