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What?  Are you being tortured.  It’s not something I want to say, but it’s something I have to say!  Please don’t hit me again!  This entire phrase is pointless.  Whatever you are tempted to put it in front of – Don’t.  If you would have to say that you like beer, then just say, “I like beer.” 

And then there’s the whole problem with “would.”  Unless it introduces a question (Would you like an example?), the word “would” almost always implies what is technically known as a “but clause” – one T.  I would do this, but...  But something is keeping me from it. 

And that makes the above phrase even that much more sillier.  I would have to say that I like beer... but they... won’t... let... me!