Actually, I would like is a polite way to say I want. I like has a different meaning. Note: • I would like a hamburger because I like hamburgers. I would like is used to talk about what you want ...

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Making polite requests are a part of daily life in a range of situations – we might be in a formal setting like an office, at a work party or we might be making a request because we need something.

A HALLMARK for correctness in English grammar is subject-verb agreement, which demands that in a sentence, the subject and verb must always agree in number. If the subject is singular, its verb must ...