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What is the difference between I'm giving you a heads up and I'm warning you ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between I'm giving you a heads up and I'm warning you ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Does " giving a heads up " mean in a friendly way?
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yea, "I'm giving you a heads up" sounds friendlier. "I'm warning you" sounds like a threat, or at the very least that that there's something dangerous happening
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if you want to make "warning" sound friendlier you can say something like, "just giving you a little warning," but it still sounds more serious than "heads up"
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Yes, a "heads up" is almost always friendly! It can also be used to mention an opportunity "I'm giving you a heads up, you can get free drinks at the gym"
Other uses i can think of:
"Heads up- there's a pothole coming up"
"I'll give you a heads up, you can sometimes get a discount at stores if you show a student ID"
The only way i can think of to construct "warn" naturally and friendly would be to add "just" to lessen it
"Just warning you, Main street is blocked"
"Just to give you a warning, people suck at driving around here"
Unless, it's a very great warning "I'm warning you, if you go into the water here you will die. "I'll give you a warning, it's not safe to be out after dark"
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