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"I would like to"

  • 13-04-2007 04:45PM
    #1
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭


    "I would like to" is peeing me off lately :(

    What does this really mean?

    Like "I would like to go to the fleadh but must work"
    To me this implies "I would want to but I don't want to"

    Or does "would like" always read as "want" really and I'm just nitpicking?


Comments

  • #2
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,723 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Yes, "would like" always reads as "want". I don't know why you are inferring otherwise.


  • #3
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    It could be that usually it's said and spelled "I'd like to" but then I saw it written "would like" and somehow it got me thinking.


  • #4
    InFront
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,698 ✭✭✭InFront


    The one that annoys me is "meet with"... "The Prime Minister is to meet with the Home Secretary..." who teaches these people English? Grrrrrrrrrr.


  • #5
    Hermione*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭Hermione*


    I tend to use the expression 'I would like' quite a lot but then again, as a child, I wasn't actually say 'I want' and was always told that it was nicer to say I w'ould like'.


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