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Polite?
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zvonka.rink
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Polite?
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Dear colleagues, Is it OK to use would in this sentence: If you go to town tomorrow, WOULD you do some shopping for me? Is WOULD a polite way of saying it? I would use will. Thank you for your answers. |
18 Dec 2017
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douglas
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Personally, I would use "could", but I think between your two choices "would" sounds more polite to me than "will". |
18 Dec 2017
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FrauSue
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"Would" sounds fine to me. You could also say "would you please ... " if you want to emphasise the politeness. "Will" is fine as it �s a conditional type 1, but it loses the sense of a polite request to some extent. |
18 Dec 2017
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cunliffe
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�Would � is good here, also agree with Douglas about �could �. �Would you mind doing some shopping...? � even more polite. |
18 Dec 2017
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