Can you confirm or could you confirm?

You can use "could" here, it indicates a hypothetical possibility: using "can" would indicate a more definte possibility. You might use "could" where the speaker is thinking of putting himself forward for membership of the committee but has not yet done so, and use "can" when he has been asked to join the committee.
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Can you confirm in a sentence?

The tests confirmed the doctors' suspicions of cancer. The attack confirmed her worst fears about the neighborhood. The award confirmed her status as one of the great movie actresses. The dentist's office called to confirm your appointment for tomorrow.
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Can you or could you?

Both are technically correct, but the "Could you" form is polite (and preferable), while the "Can you" is almost an implied command that leaves no choice to the doer.
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Can you confirm whether or if?

'Whether' and 'if' are usually interchangeable in contexts like this. With more formal words such as 'confirm' there may be a preference for 'whether', but 'if' is certainly correct too.
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How do you politely confirm something?

If you want to confirm that you have received something, it's better to say, “In my letter, I confirmed the receipt of this item.” How do you say received email? If you want simply to confirm that you have received her email, a few of the choices you have are: Thank you, I've received your message.
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How do you confirm something in an email?

Usually, the sender simply wants to know that you have seen the email and expects a simple acknowledgement from you. This kind of emails may end with, “Please acknowledge receipt of this message”, “Kindly acknowledge receipt of this email” or “Please acknowledge receipt of this email”.
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Can you please confirm synonym?

Some common synonyms of confirm are authenticate, corroborate, substantiate, validate, and verify. While all these words mean "to attest to the truth or validity of something," confirm implies the removing of doubts by an authoritative statement or indisputable fact.
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Could what part of speech?

Could is an auxiliary verb, a modal auxiliary verb.
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How do you ask a question using Whether?

Whether is used when someone does not know which of the two possibilities is true.
  1. She asked me whether I was married.
  2. I don't know whether she will come.
  3. I asked whether she had received the letter.
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Can or could use?

'Can' refers to a general truth or something that has a strong possibility. 'Could' refers to something that has a weak possibility, or something that might happen, but not necessarily a general truth.
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Can or could in a question?

Can, like could and would, is used to ask a polite question, but can is only used to ask permission to do or say something ("Can I borrow your car?" "Can I get you something to drink?"). Could is the past tense of can, but it also has uses apart from that--and that is where the confusion lies.
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Could you please vs Please could you?

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...".
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Can I confirm meaning?

to approve someone or something officially by formal agreement: His appointment has not been confirmed by the Senate.
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How do you ask if a meeting is confirmed?

  1. I wanted to touch base with you and check If we are still meet at the office tomorrow.
  2. I wanted to check in If we are going to have lunch on Saturday.
  3. I just to confirm our appointment for 4 pm at home.
  4. i would like to be sure we are still on time. Contact. [email protected]. All Ears English.
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What is a good sentence for confirmation?

1) There has still been no official confirmation of the report. 2) The police are seeking independent confirmation of certain details of the story. 3) Here, graphically displayed, was confirmation of the entire story. 4) I'm still waiting for confirmation of the test results.
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How can I use could?

"Could" is a modal verb used to express possibility or past ability as well as to make suggestions and requests.
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Using "Could" in Present, Past, and Future
  1. John could be the one who stole the money.
  2. John could have been the one who stole the money.
  3. John could go to jail for stealing the money.
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How can I use could in a sentence?

[M] [T] I could swim well even when I was a child. [M] [T] She thought she could get him to like her. [M] [T] She was so angry that she could not speak. [M] [T] Could you please repeat what you just said?
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Could is past or present?

Could is used as the past tense of can when it means that someone had the ability to do something, or that something was possible: The Roman army could march 30 miles in a day.
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Could you please check this out meaning?

Use this phrase to politely ask someone to make sure that something has been done correctly or is functional.
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Can I say please kindly?

The right time and place to use kindly vs please

Kindly is used when you are talking to a group of people or writing for someone. Never ever say kindly to your friends, family and directly to a person, this is going to sound weird.
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How do you politely say check out?

There is no problem in saying 'check this out'. Unless the thing one is referring to, is wrong to refer to that way, like 'a person'. However, formally you could use words like: "examine, go through, assess, weigh up, analyse, evaluate".
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What to use instead of could you please?

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  • Will you be so kind..(as to help me)
  • It would be really great if you..(could help me / helped me)
  • I'd be grateful if you..(could help me / helped me)
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Can you in formal way?

Although 'could' is used as the past form of 'can', it is also used as a polite form of 'can' when asking permission to do something or when asking people to do things. 'Could I meet with you later this week to talk about this issue?'
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How do I confirm receipt?

You can follow these steps to write an email acknowledging receipt:
  1. Start with your salutation. ...
  2. Acknowledge what you received. ...
  3. Include additional information. ...
  4. Write your closing remarks. ...
  5. An email acknowledging a business order. ...
  6. An email acknowledging reception of a job offer. ...
  7. An email acknowledging a job application.
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