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Lot to learn from this short post - little bit of home work, can save somebody of major major embarrassment.
As I was trying to learn to speak English when I was 19, I asked a university professor who had taken me to visit an apartment she wanted to sublet the following question: "didn't you find my scarf in the apartment?" instead of "did you by any chance find my scarf in the apartment?". My actual question was implying she had found it and kept it...ouch...
Oh my word, Jocelyn - but I'm sure she understood what you meant. I've also had rather embarrassing 'language' moments. Fortunately, the longer the time since the event, the funnier it becomes in retrospect. 🙂