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Could you please clarify what you mean to vs Could you please clarify what you mean by

Both phrases are correct; however, they're used in slightly different contexts. 'Could you please clarify what you mean by' is more often used when asking someone to explain the meaning of a specific term or concept. On the other hand, 'Could you please clarify what you mean to' is used when asking someone to explain their intentions or actions.
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Could you please clarify what you mean to

This phrase is correct and can be used when asking someone to explain their intentions or actions.

This phrase is used when you want someone to explain the reasons behind their actions or intentions.
  • May 12, 2009 ... Yes, try a reprogram first. Customer. Could you please clarify what you mean to say in your initial reply: "but this part is the passengers ...
  • Feb 20, 2021 ... But could you please clarify, what you mean? To feed a silent audio stream as an input source with "-i" option and then pass it to "concat"?

Alternatives:

  • Could you please explain what you intend to do?
  • Could you please clarify your intentions?

Could you please clarify what you mean by

This phrase is correct and is commonly used when asking someone to explain the meaning of a specific term or concept.

This phrase is used when you want someone to explain the definition or interpretation of a particular term or concept.
  • Feb 3, 2022 ... Could you please clarify what you mean by “connect existing Projects”? Would you like to add a project as a sub-goal as opposed to creating ...
  • Apr 12, 2023 ... To start, could you please clarify what you mean by who they are and which calls had one one present ? If you could provide specific details ...
  • Oct 6, 2021 ... Could you please clarify what you mean by that? Do you mean that SonarQube is properly populating checks on the PR? yan: how to show ...
  • Jul 13, 2022 ... Hi Emilien,. Could you please clarify what you mean by not finding the website? It sounds like the current directory you are at. emili@DESKTOP- ...
  • Dec 7, 2023 ... Could you please clarify what you mean by “sonarlint crashing”? Is the SonarLint language server process crashing in VSCode, or is it only ...
  • Dec 11, 2023 ... I don't have a year column in my table. Could you please clarify what you mean by “do the calculation with your year column”? Thanks!
  • Sep 21, 2023 ... If it's not about new bodies, could you please clarify what you mean by different drawing angle? JulianEHV September 21, 2023, 10:05am 4.
  • Nov 23, 2012 ... Could you please clarify what you mean by saying "install it on another server"? Would you like to use VeeamZIP functionality on another ...
  • Could you please clarify what you mean by "something goes wrong"? Are you seeing error-frames on the bus? If so, does anything (like electromagnetic noise) ...
  • Jan 7, 2016 ... Could you please clarify what you mean by ” Once this issue is addressed, it should resolve the issue of a QR code getting scanned once and ...

Alternatives:

  • Could you please explain what you mean by that?
  • Could you please clarify the term?

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