http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IWonder/nhzm/post.htm#66603Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:08:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:66603paco20040http://www.englishforums.com/English/IWonder/nhzm/post.htm#66603http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-66603.xmlHello Jack112 I'm a learner from Japan. Don't you mind if I throw my two cents worth? As far as I learned in school, (1)"I wonder if X", (2)"I am wondering if X", (3)"I wondered if X" and (4) "I was wondering if X" are often used as special phrases to ask someone something. They are different in the degree of the politeness in asking;(1) is lowest in the politeness and (4) is highest. The phrases is unusual in that the verb in X can be independent in the tense relation from the main verbal: wonder, am wondering, wondered, was wondering. I am wondering if you saw him yesterday. -> "Did you see him yesterday?" I was wondering if you saw him yesterday. -> "Did you see him yesterday?" I am wondering if you like to play...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IWonder/nhzm/post.htm#66523Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:08:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:66523jack1121http://www.englishforums.com/English/IWonder/nhzm/post.htm#66523http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-66523.xmlCould someone help me out with the post above? Thanks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IWonder/nhzm/post.htmWed, 25 Feb 2009 20:08:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:65989jack1122http://www.englishforums.com/English/IWonder/nhzm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-65989.xmlAre these correct? What do they mean? 1. I was wondering if you want to go tonight. (How come I can use the present tense verb 'want' here? Or is this incorrect here? I hear people say this all the time though.) 2. I was wondering if you wanted to go tonight. 3. I though you are okay. (If #1 is correct, why isn't #3 correct as well?)