Sentence Patterns

Please, Thank You and You're Welcome

When 'please' is used in order to make requests more polite. It is added to the end of polite question and is preceded by a comma. Notice that 'please' is placed at the beginning when giving instructions to make the order a little more polite.

Please is used in order to make requests more polite. It is added to the end of polite questions and is preceded by a comma.

Polite Question + , + please + ?

• Could you give me a hand, please?
• May I use your telephone, please?
• Can I join your table, please?

Please can also be placed before the verb when asking a polite question:

• Would you please help me with this?
• Could you please explain the grammar again?

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