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Can you please let me know vs Please can you

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Can you please let me know' is a more common and natural way to ask for information or assistance. 'Please can you' is less common and may sound a bit awkward in some situations.

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Can you please let me know

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is a polite and common way to ask someone to provide information or inform you about something.

Examples:

  • Can you please let me know if the meeting has been rescheduled?
  • Can you please let me know your availability for next week?
  • Can you please let me know the status of the project?
  • Can you please let me know what time the event starts?
  • Can you please let me know if you need any help?
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Alternatives:

  • Could you please let me know
  • Would you mind letting me know
  • Could you inform me
  • Would you be able to tell me
  • Can you inform me

Please can you

This phrase is correct but less common in English.

This phrase can be used in informal situations, but it may sound a bit awkward or less polite compared to 'Can you please.'
  • Yes, please can you show us something we don't know?
  • But, Elodi, please can you clear off table four?
  • So I'm asking you please can you keep this a secret?
  • This whole love triangle thing is really important, Connie, but please can you focus?
  • We should - Please can you -
  • Please can you take your hat off.
  • Please can you talk to Dad?
  • Please can you get both my assistants through?
  • Anybody! -Please can you help us?
  • "Please can you speak more slowly."
  • Please can you teach us sir?
  • Please can you just tell her, okay?
  • Please. Please can you come and take a look?
  • Please can you take the Sheridan up to London in the morning?
  • Please can you explain why the constituent is now being asked to pay duty because he has not owned the car for more than six months?
  • Please! Please can you come and take a look?
  • Please can you inform me what the Commission is doing to facilitate the recognition of the Montessori educational approach at the EU level?
  • Please can you outline how this can be the case considering that the constituent is a European citizen and should therefore be able to exercise rights which are common to all European citizens, in any given territory throughout the European Union?
  • Madam President, please can you clarify this issue, because if Mr de Magistris is seeking to avoid trial...
  • Miro, please can you pass me the pressure gauge.

Alternatives:

  • Could you please
  • Would you mind
  • Could you
  • Would you be able to
  • Can you

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