Is it correct to intrigue me? - English Stack Exchange

Grammatically speaking, there's nothing at all wrong with imperative "Intrigue me", but it seems likely OP has misunderstood what the verb ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Isitcorrecttointrigueme? AskQuestion Asked 8years,5monthsago Active 8years,5monthsago Viewed 61ktimes 5 Inconversationifsomeonepitchessomethingtoyoubutyou'renotentirelyconvinced,canyouaskformoredetailsbysaying"intrigueme"? grammaticality Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedMay29'13at13:09 martisjmartisj 5311goldbadge11silverbadge44bronzebadges 1 Thatwouldbe"(Youmeanto)intrigueme!"inanimperative,ifnotsnarky,remark.Fine. – Kris May30'13at12:04 Addacomment  |  4Answers 4 Active Oldest Votes 7 Grammaticallyspeaking,there'snothingatallwrongwithimperative"Intrigueme",butitseemslikelyOPhasmisunderstoodwhattheverbtointrigueactuallymeans.FromOED... (transitive)Toexcitethecuriosityorinterestof;tointerestsoastopuzzleorfascinate. ThemeaningOPwantstoconveyisnormallyexpressedby"Convinceme".Buthere'sanexamplewhereitreallydoesmean"Dosomethingtoexcitemyinterest"... (NewYorkMagazine"LonelyHearts"column,1985) Passionate,Brilliant,Bizarre—Woman,29. Iamquitewicked,beautifulandsuccessful.Idareyoutointrigueme. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay29'13at17:35 FumbleFingersFumbleFingers 132k4545goldbadges269269silverbadges474474bronzebadges Addacomment  |  1 No.Youareintrigued.Theotherpersondoesnotintrigueyou. Youcouldrephraseitas: Iamintrigued.Pleasetellmemore. Butthatwouldn'tnecessarilyhaveanythingtodowithbeingconvinced,moretodowithyourcuriositybeingaroused. TocorrectlyrephraseyoursentenceIwouldgowith: Convinceme. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay29'13at13:15 RoryAlsopRoryAlsop 6,57333goldbadges2626silverbadges3636bronzebadges 3 4 Youareabsolutelyrightaboutthedifferencebetweenbeingconvincedandbeingintrigued.Butyouareintrigued(passivetense)becausesomethingorsomeoneintriguesyou(activetense).SeeNgrams. – PeterShor May29'13at13:23 Insupport:Therequestforadditionalinformationclearlyindicatesthatthelistenerisalreadyintrigued(interestedandcurious)-heissolicitingmoreinformation.Theintentisclearlytogoaboutcommunicatingthatinterest."Convinceme"isnottheonlyoption,oreventhebestoption,but"Intrigueme"clearlydoesnotcommunicatetheintendedmessage. – GetzelR May29'13at17:42 Or“Persuademe.”ButIlike“Pleasetellmemore”best. – BraddSzonye May29'13at19:50 Addacomment  |  1 Idon'tthinktalkingaboutbeing"intrigue[d]"sufficientlyindicatestotheotherpersonintheconversationthatyou'renotconvinced. Itisperfectlyacceptable,andrathercommon,tosimplystatethatyou'renotconvinced. Ifyoudidinsistonusingtheword"intrigue"thenyoudefinitelywouldn'tsay"intrigueme";itcouldconfusetheotherpersonasit'sanunusualconstruction.Insteadyouwouldprobablysay"I'mintrigued",which,tobehonest,isacloserapproximationto"Iaminterested",anderrsclosertosuggestingthat,actually,youareratherconvinced. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay29'13at14:09 JamesStottJamesStott 35711goldbadge33silverbadges99bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Iguessyoucouldbemoreexplicitwith"makemeintrigued",butafterallit'saconversation,so"intrigueme"shouldbeenoughtoconveyyourmeaning. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay29'13at13:44 DekDekkuDekDekku 18966bronzebadges 6 1 Sorry,thesearenotphrasesthatanativespeakerwoulduseanditwouldsoundoddtothelistener. – KristinaLopez May29'13at17:49 @Kristina:Itwouldn'tbecommon,andwe'reclearlynothelpedbythefactthatOPhasmisunderstoodthewordanyway,butit'snotinherentlyodd,orincapableofbeingusednaturally."Ithinktalkingtoyouwouldbereallyboring"."You'dbewrongthen-I'mactuallyareallyinterestingconversationalist"."Goonthen.Intrigueme." – FumbleFingers May29'13at18:05 @FumbleFingers,that'sthecurseofchoices.Withallotherwordsatmydisposal,I'dnotgofor"intrigueme".I'dprobablysay,"swayme!"or"ticklemyfancy!"or"persuademe!"or"luremein!"or"winmeover!"butIthinkthatI'malreadyintrigued,giventhecontextofthequestion. – KristinaLopez May29'13at18:16 2 @Kristina:haha.Thatpoor"lonelyheart"inmyanswerwouldn'thavegotalook-inifyou'dbeenadvertisinginthesamemagazine! – FumbleFingers May29'13at18:24 @FumbleFingers,Idon'tknow...itdidsayshewaswicked!That'sanotherwordfor"naughty",isn'tit?lol! – KristinaLopez May29'13at22:47  |  Show1morecomment YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoEnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchange!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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