Can You Please Or Could You Please?

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We also use ‘could’ to ask permission; it is more polite or formal than ‘can’. Changing the word order to “could you please” is no more or less polite – it’s a matter of style. whether requests starting with “Please can/could you…” render the same degree of politeness as those that start with “Could you please…”.

Could sentences examples in English?

Could sentence example

  • I wish you could hear yourself talking. …
  • What could he do about it but lose more sleep? …
  • How could she blame him? …
  • How could he find out? …
  • I never thought I could do it. …
  • I had let so much gas out of my balloon that I could not rise again, and in a few minutes the earth closed over my head.

Could you please vs Would you please?

But I would suppose that “would” is more polite, because it expresses the idea of probability, and of willingness, and of the desire that something be done, whereas “could” is more in the realm of ability (yes I can). And according to the American Heritage Dictionary, “would” is used to make a polite request.

Is could you please rude?

-> They both are impolite. They both sound like a command/order.

Could you or would you polite?

In grammar, ‘Would You’ is highly recommended in English- where you ask someone a favour to do something in a polite manner. ‘Could You’ is used when someone has to do something.

Can polite request example?

A third modal for making polite requests is could. For example, “Could I please have some water?” Could is the past tense of can. However, when asking for permission, could does not have a past tense meaning. Could has the same meaning as may when making requests.

Could have been used in English?

“Could have been” = could have + the verb BE. Examples: I could have been there on time if I had left home earlier. (= It was possible for me to be there on time, but it didn’t happen.)

Can you tell me or could you tell me?

2 Answers. “Could you” is more polite than “can you”. Regarding the rest of the wording, something about “tell me my next work” rings wrong to my ears. Probably, because you don’t “tell a work”.

Which is more polite can you or could you?

To answer the question: “could” definitely sounds slightly more polite than “can” to a native speaker since it is less direct and more deferential as a result. “Could” is a form of “can”, so both are technically asking “are you able to…”. This is not the difference between the two.

Can you or will you?

May implies that you are asking for permission. Can implies that you are questioning somebody’s ability. Will implies that you are seeking an answer about the future.

How could you or how can you?

2 Answers. Can is the present tense, could is the past conditional. Depends on how precise you want to be.

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Can you please help me or could you please help me?

8 Answers. On my polite-o-meter, the two sentences score very close: “Could you help me, please?”, “Could you please help me?”. The former sounds more formal. Use whichever one you want and you’ll be more polite than most people.

Could you please help me in this regard Meaning?

Could you please help me in this regard Meaning? “In this regard” means “in this respect”, and the production of reports is not a ‘respect’ – so I could not say: “I’ve got a lot of reports to do. I’d appreciate it if you could help me in this regard.” I would say: “I’ve got a lot of reports to do.

Can have been sentences?

A: – During our phone calls, Peter assured me he fed my cat every week, but now she is dead! B: – Can he have been lying? A: – No, he can’t have been lying, he has been my best friend for years.

Could have been used?

These past modal verbs are all used hypothetically, to talk about things that didn’t really happen in the past. 1: Could have + past participle means that something was possible in the past, or you had the ability to do something in the past, but that you didn’t do it. (See also modals of ability.)

What are the polite request?

Here are some better phrases to make polite requests in English:

  • “Do you mind…?.”
  • “Would you mind…?
  • “Could I…?”
  • “Would it be ok if…?”
  • “Would it be possible…?”
  • “Would you be willing to…?”

How do you ask for something nicely?

Use “WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR.” This is often used and you must use it when you are asking for a special request or favor. Other phrases for asking something to someone nicely are “DO YOU MIND,” WOULD YOU MIND, COULD I, WOULD IT BE OK IF, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO, etc.

Can you or can I grammar?

The modal verbs can and could represent the ability of a person or thing in doing something. However, there is a difference in their usage, as ‘can’ is used in present situation, whereas we can use ‘could’ for talking about a past ability. Both are followed by a base form of the verb.

Could and would in a sentence?

“Would” and “could” can also be used together to show certainty and possibility like: I would go on vacation if I could get the time off. In other words, “I will definitely go on vacation if it is possible to get the time off.”

Is would you correct grammar?

Both are very commonly used, but “would you” is more grammatically correct in this case. Technically, the first question is asking if you are able to write your name, while the second asks if you are willing to write your name.

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