Could you please or could you kindly?

Whereas "Please could you..." is straightforward, conventional, polite and ubiquitous. Show activity on this post. I would prefer the word please in more formal communications. Kindly would be better-suited for familiar environments.

Can you please or kindly?

Usually, you would not need to use both of these in the same sentence. Please and kindly are both used to be more polite to other people. Having them together would only make sense if you really wanted to emphasize how important it was to be polite.

Which is better please or kindly?

“Please” is used more in casual & spoken English while “kindly” would be more formal way of communicating particularly in official letters.

Would you kindly or could you?

“Would you” also sounds more polite than “Could you.” “Would you” and “Could you” are equally polite and valid ways to make a request. “Could you” sounds more polite than “Would you.” “Would you” sounds more insistent and is more often used in angry requests, such as “Would you please hurry up!”

Can you use kindly and please in a sentence?

Both the adverbs are used in polite requests, and one of the meanings of kindly is please. In a sentence like "please kindly send me a copy of your paperwork," please and kindly are redundant. In a sentence like "will you kindly sign the enclosed copy of this letter," kindly is often used ironically.

Would You Kindly? (Bioshock Remastered)

Could you please meaning?

Instructions and requests: We use could you as a polite way of telling or asking someone to do something: Could you take a message please? Could I have my bill please?

What to use instead of could you please?

Could you please and can you please?

Originally Answered: "Can you please" or "Could you please" -- which is correct? "Could" is the polite form of "can"—so both are correct, but we use them in different situations. We use "can" when we are telling someone to do something. We use "could" when we are making a request.

How do you politely ask for something?

Is could you please a question?

Etiquette tells us that it is more polite to ask for a response than it is to command a response. +1 Indeed, "could you ..." represents a question, not a command.

Is Please kindly rude?

Please, never use the word "kindly" when interacting with Americans. In the view of Americans, only English-speaking Indians use this word. It comes across as low-brow, patronizing, and overly sensitive.

Could you please assist meaning?

This is an extremely polite way to ask someone to help you.

Would you please meaning?

Used to politely accept what someone has offered to do.

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

'Can you help me ? ' is a question for someone you know is capable of 'helping you'. 'Could you help me ? ' is a question for someone, whose ability to help is in doubt, and you're asking whether - if they can help, would they ?

Can we or could we?

Both 'can' and ' could' are modal verbs that refer to 'a possibility', 'ability' or 'capacity'. '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.

Can we use kindly in emails?

The word 'kindly' has a negative connotation if used in an email. It can mean that you are pushing something to the recipient. I used the word once to ask for leave of a few days from work. The superior 'kindly' admonished me to not use such a sentence like 'kindly reply at the earliest' in the wee hours of a morning.

How do you ask kindly in an email?

Could is used for polite request?

Could has the same meaning as may when making requests. It is equally polite to say “Could I leave early?” or “May I leave early?” Could is used with any subject to ask for permission. For example “Could I open the window?” or “Could you open the window?” are both grammatical.

How do you write a polite email request?

Could you or can you more polite?

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.

Would and could use?

Could is used to say that an action or event is possible. Would is used to talk about a possible or imagined situation, and is often used when that possible situation is not going to happen.

Could you please help me out meaning?

: to do something so another person's job or task is easier I can't do this myself. Won't someone please help me out?

Could you please vs May you please?

While “can” and “may” are present tense modal verbs, “could” is a past tense modal verb. Generally speaking, “could” is more polite than “can, and we consider “may” to be the most polite (source). While we often use “could” for the past tense or the conditional mood, we can also use it to form requests for the present.

How can I be polite without saying please?