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Oct 25, 2009

When people say, “If I were you, I’d…” they really mean, “If you were me, you’d…”

When I say to Molly, “If I were you…,” I’m overlooking that if I were Molly, I’d do things exactly like…Molly.

Category: Constructive Criticism, Language

10 Responses

  1. 1
    Chris Roberts says:
    October 25, 2009 at 9:31 am

    Except the expression really means something like, “If I were in your situation I’d…”

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  2. 2
    Chad says:
    October 25, 2009 at 9:39 am

    Or “You really should do this”

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  3. 3
    Heneni says:
    October 25, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    Never thought of it that way. Interesting obeservation!

    What about this one…’with all due respect’ actually means….I think what I am going to say now is going to offend you. So how does one offend respectfully? And what is DUE offense?

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  4. 4
    Kevin Ring says:
    October 25, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    You could also be saying, “There will be unpleasant consequences if you don’t do it this way…” *menacing stare*

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