Grammar - Agreed OR I Agree

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi,

Just a quick question:

Someone was saying to me something and in reply, I answered

I agreed

but my friend told me that, I should have answered either

agreed

OR

I agree

Now you tell me what is correct grammatically

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But I think to say just

agreed

is also wrong because it also represents past (Verb forms are:- Agree agreed agreed)

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I don’t think so ‘agreed’ is wrong here, maybe I can not explain that very well, but by telling agreed you are mentioning to your friend that you have listened to his words, thought about what he said, and are satisfied that he is right about the subject and then you just tell him that ‘agreed!’ because a few seconds earlier you just accepted his words, or tell him ‘I agree’ because suddenly you understood that he is right.
I don’t know if my explanations is clear to you or not, but hope it helps.

Mixmixi

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Mixmixi thanks for the reply, as I was looking for that.

I got the point what you meant to say

and please also tell me is it also right grammatically

5

Hi
Yeah I think it’s correct, for example ‘What I really meant to say with every little breath I take is I’m not the only one who makes mistakes.’

Reference: Google

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Hi My Efforts,

I think in ordinary conversation you would say: I agree, if you share the same opinion as that which is being expressed by another as in:

A I think that people who drive cars and use a mobile phone while they are driving, should be fined. What do you think?

B I agree.

In a business type conversation you would be more likely to say: Agreed as in:

A We’ve decided then to adopt our first plan, haven’t we?

B Agreed.

Alan

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Thanks Alan and GeminiAlpha for replying

Alan I respect what you answered but 1 point is raising in my mind which I wish to ask:

Before reading your answer I looked the Oxford dictionary and there was a sentence:

If they can use We then I can also use I:

But why I was wrong in the beginning ?

The reason is: What I understood from it: If I say I agreed in present then it’s wrong I should say

but they refer to the present not past

But this kind of sentence (I Agreed) we can say only in past tense( OR in professional life ), means to telling someone what had happened.

Am I right Alan ?

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Hi My Efforts,

I have possibly not made clear what I meant. You can say; I agree/I agreed/I have agreed/I will agree/ and so on. There is no problem with the tense at all. The point I wanted to make was the difference between ‘I agree/agreed’ and ‘Agreed’ on its own. Any tense you like can be used with ‘agree’ of course but the use of the one word ‘Agreed’ without any pronoun is more often used in the business type conversation I mentioned.

I hope that makes things clearer.

Alan

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Hi,

Ya your friend is true either use agreed or i agree.

Ok

Thanks

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Alan, I felt bad that I couldn’t reply for a long time but even then I’m happy that I’m back now :slight_smile:

and I couldn’t stop myself to say thanks to you. I really got it, what you wanted to make me understand

and wish me all the best for my English Learning Journey :slight_smile: -=- :slight_smile: