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REQUESTS Positive requests
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Positive requests When we want someone to do something, we may use the imperative with please. Please in initial position tends to be more emphatic. Note that there is no pause (and no comma) after it. Nor is there a pause before please when is used in the end of the sentence, in spite of the comma. In many situations, however, the imperative with please is not considered polite enough. Then we use one of the following phrases (said with a rising tone), which are listed in order of increasing politeness (formality) Will you… (please)?Would you… (please)? Could you … (please)? Do you think you could…? Would you mind ...ing? Will you be so kind as to…? – very formal. Would you be so kind as to…? – very formal The choice between the various alternatives given above depends on: how large the request is or how well we know the person we ask. Thus the same request may be formulated with different degrees of politeness. When one has little hope of one’s request being granted, or at least wishes to give this permission, one can use I don’t suppose. The usual replies are: (yes) certainly – formal (yes) of course. – semi-formal, informal All right. – expressing a lesser degree of willingness OK – informal, often casual (only among friends and relatives) (Yes) here you are. – when handing someone something he has asked for. Not at all/in the least/ a bit. In reply to Would you mind…? I am afraid I can’t, (I’m) sorry, I can’t formal, semi-formal No, I can’t/ won’t - a point – blank refusal. Abrupt, possibly rude. жүктеу/скачать 2,47 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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