'Please' (as an adverb)
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Used in polite requests or questions.
"Please address letters to the editor."
Used to add urgency and emotion to a request.
"Please come home!"
Used to agree politely to a request.
A. "May I call you at home?"
B. "Please do."
Used in polite or emphatic acceptance of an offer.
A. "Would you like a drink?"
B. "Yes, please."
Used to ask someone to stop doing something of which the speaker disapproves.
"Rita, please! People are looking."
Used to express disbelief or irritation.
"You cleaned your home in only two minutes? Oh, please!"
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11/26/2022
What does saying 'Please' mean?
Politeness
You say please when politely asking or inviting someone to do something.
What is 'Please' used for?
Please is a word used in the English language to indicate politeness and respect while making a request.
What is your English attitude?
11/18/2022
No Please (or hello):
Hyun: Sign here.
Noah: Excuse me?
Hyun: Sign here.
Noah: No 'Hi' or 'Hello?'
Hyun: I don't speak English very well.
Noah: So you don't know how to say 'Hi' or 'Hello' or 'Please?'
Hyun: I do.
Noah: **Well, at least say, "Hi! Please sign here." It's just four (4) words.
Hyun: Okay.
*We should still be polite even if we are afraid to speak English.
**Please is a word used in the English language to indicate politeness and respect while making a request.
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— Instead, Try Adding Please! —
Using Please:
Hyun: *Hello!
Noah: Hello!
Hyun: **Please sign here.
Noah: Where do I sign?
Hyun: **Here, please.
Noah: Okay.
Hyun: Thank you.
Noah: You're welcome.
*Hyun comes across as kind and friendly by saying 'Hello.'
**Hyun sounds polite and respectful by using the phrase 'Please.'
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