“I'm looking for a studio in the range of about $1200 a month, preferably downtown.”

You're trying to find an apartment in a new city that you're going to move to. You want to use a real estate agent to help you find it. You find the e-mail address of a real estate agent on the Internet and begin writing an e-mail to her. You write:

I'm looking for a studio under $1200 a month, preferably downtown.

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“If payment is not received by January 15th, you will be charged a $150 penalty.”

You work in the management office of an apartment building. One of the tenants hasn't paid his rent yet for this month, and the payment is 10 days overdue. You're writing a letter to warn him to pay his rent. You explain what will happen if he doesn't pay soon:

If payment is not received by January 15th, you will be charged a $150 penalty.

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“You want to rent some movies?”

You're spending a Saturday evening with your family and everyone is trying to decide what to do together. You make a suggestion:

You want to rent some movies?

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