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Please confirm vs Please clarify

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Please confirm' is used when you want someone to verify information or a decision, while 'Please clarify' is used when you want someone to provide more details or make something clearer.

Last updated: March 15, 2024 • 4239 views

Please confirm

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when you want someone to verify information or a decision.

You can use 'please confirm' when you want someone to verify or validate something, such as a reservation or an appointment.

Examples:

Please confirm your attendance at the meeting.
Can you please confirm the delivery date?
I need you to confirm your flight details.

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Message "Please confirm your purchase". When you purchase a Norton product from Norton.com, you are asked to enter your email address and password.
No, it's quite OK to say Please confirm. The point is not that transitive verbs must take an object, simply that they may take one.

Alternatives:

Can you verify this, please?
Could you validate this, please?
Kindly confirm this information.
Please verify this information.
Please validate this decision.

Please clarify

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when you want someone to provide more details or make something clearer.

You can use 'please clarify' when you want someone to explain further or provide additional information about a topic or situation.

Examples:

Can you please clarify your statement?
I don't understand, could you clarify?
Please clarify the terms of the agreement.
Could you clarify the instructions for me?
I need you to clarify your position on this issue.

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Can the Commission please clarify: 1.
Could the Commission please clarify its guidance on exemptions from the obligation to provide a universal service under Directive 97/67/EC OJ L 15, 21.1.1998, p.
Can the Commission please clarify its answer E-5831/06?
Thus, could the Commission please clarify the situation and in light of Commissioner Hubner's visit on 8 June update the aforesaid answer as appropriate?
Could the Commission please clarify its position on India's patent law?
If so, please clarify the types of works concerned and the aid intensity limits set.
In absence of any such legal instrument, please clarify how those activities are usually financed by the relevant authorities.
Would the Commission please clarify the status of grapefruit extract under the Biocides Directive?
Can the Commission please clarify the situation?
Can the Commission please clarify its position on financial rescue packages when addressing the current economic crisis?
Can the Council please clarify what measures it is taking to combat the very serious nature of these atrocities?
Further to the Commission's response to Written Question E-3394/04, will the Commission please clarify the meaning of Recital 12 of Directive 2003/33/EC OJ L 152, 20.6.2003, p.
Mr Turmes, could you please clarify this?
Will the Commission please clarify its intentions with regard to imposing a strict licensing system on businesses across the EU, thus creating a new class of 'authorised entrepreneurs'?
Can the Commission please clarify what action is being taken to prevent the continuation of this practice as a routine measure and to ensure that all Member States adhere to this directive?
Could the Council please clarify whether the right to religious freedom is ever brought up in high-level dialogues between the Pakistani authorities and the EU?
Would the Commission please clarify its stance on the confiscation of property in Romania by the previous Communist regime.
Could the Commission please clarify whether there is a standard practice in the European Union for musicians wishing to fly with musical instruments?
Could the Commission please clarify this process, including the steps and timetable for this possible revision of Directive 2006/54/EC?
Can the Commission please clarify whether EU citizens are entitled to a postal refund under the Distance Selling Directive should a consumer wish to cancel the contract of purchase within the agreed 30-day cancellation period?

Alternatives:

Can you explain this further, please?
Could you elaborate on this, please?
Kindly provide more details.
Please shed some light on this.
Please make this clearer.

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