Would you mind helping me look after my baby for a while?

[嘟嘟嘟嘟]

---Would you mind helping me look after my baby for a while? ---Sure, be careful on the way.
Is it a proper reply to the request? What do we usually say in response to the request like"Would/Do you mind doing sth?" if we agree to do it?

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: Would you miind helping me look after my baby for a while?

"Would you mind helping me look after my baby for a while?"

"Sure, be careful on the way."

Is it a proper reply to the request? No—not at all.

And sorry for the spelling error in the title. I find no way to correct it.

Click on Edit Post and then Go Advanced. You have 24 hours to edit your post, including the title.

Try it now.

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: Would you miind helping me look after my baby for a while?

We don't have enough context to say whether that response is possible. If the person with the baby is somewhere else and is planning to bring himself/herself and the baby to the other person, the response could be correct with different punctuation.

Sarah: I have a favour to ask you.
Helen: What is it?
Sarah: I need some help. I'm thinking maybe I could drive us over to your place for the afternoon. Would you mind helping me take care of my baby?
Helen: Sure. Be careful on the way.

It's not a particularly natural dialogue but it does at least give a possible scenario in which it would work. However, bear in mind that "Sure" is the answer to the actual question and "Be careful on the way" is just some advice.

 

[嘟嘟嘟嘟]

Re: Would you miind helping me look after my baby for a while?

Maybe I didn't make my question clear. What I really want to know is whether 'sure' can be used to respond to the request in form of "would/do you mind...?" in some cases.

 

[jutfrank]

Re: Would you miind helping me look after my baby for a while?

Yes, it can.

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: Would you miind helping me look after my baby for a while?

What I really want to know is whether 'Sure' can be used to respond to [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] a request in the form of "Would/Do you mind...?"

If you had written only that in post #1, it would have been a lot easier to answer.

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: Would you miind helping me look after my baby for a while?

... and saved us a lot of time.