May I please follow up? vs May I please follow it up?

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'May I please follow up?' is a general question asking for permission to check on something or inquire about a previous matter. 'May I please follow it up?' is more specific, referring to following up on a particular topic or issue.

Last updated: March 31, 2024

May I please follow up?

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is a polite way to ask for permission to check on something or inquire about a previous matter.

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Please follow me farther up here.
Please follow the lights up the aisle.
Please follow the yellow carpet to the sign-up tables outside.
Please follow me further up here.
So please, no follow-up questions.
Please don't forget to follow up with Niko.
So you're here for a follow-up?
Why didn't you do a follow-up?
Could the Commission inform me about the actions taken and follow-up?
What has been the result of this follow-up?
How many of the recommendations referred to in question 1 have actually led to disciplinary follow-up? 3.
For a full round up of events from the first Strasbourg session of September please follow the day by day sections of this focus.
All in-bound passengers wishing to travel to the city centre please follow the signs at the pick-up point...
For a follow up, please see your personal physician within the next 24 hours.
Lieutenant flynn and provenza, Follow up, please, on Mr. Barnes.
Jared: Please tell me that's the follow-up blood work.
If you think you have received too much Thyrogen, please contact your doctor's office for follow up.
Then there's the small matter of my follow-up book to get on with so please...
The messages you have selected for follow up are listed below. Please select a follow up action from the "Flag" menu.
What initiatives has the Council undertaken in order to take stock of the follow-up?

Alternatives:

Can I follow up, please?
Could I follow up, please?
May I follow up, please?

May I please follow it up?

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when you want to specifically refer to following up on a particular topic or issue.

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Please follow me farther up here.
Please follow the lights up the aisle.
Please follow the yellow carpet to the sign-up tables outside.
Why didn't you follow it up?
Please follow me further up here.
For a full round up of events from the first Strasbourg session of September please follow the day by day sections of this focus.
All in-bound passengers wishing to travel to the city centre please follow the signs at the pick-up point...
Only we're not allowed anywhere near them to follow it up.
Follows it up with a beautiful front 9.
I'll wait for the address and follow it up tonight.
He follows it up with a ruthless knee to the head.
I'm guessing that you need something equally as exciting to follow it up.
I hope that the Commission will give this proposal support and follow it up.
They follow it up; but now she has just escaped.
We will follow it up very closely.
If we see something we report it and then they decide whether to follow it up.
At that point, we redirect it if necessary, follow it up and assist in disseminating the contents of the project.
I give that assurance today, and if there is evidence to support these allegations we will follow it up.
We have to follow it up, trace.
I would ask you to supply my office with the relevant details and we will try to follow it up for you.

Alternatives:

May I please follow up on it?
May I please check on it?
May I please inquire about it?

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May I please follow up? vs May I please follow it up?