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Please could you vs please can you

Both "please could you" and "please can you" are commonly used in English to make polite requests. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning. The choice between "could" and "can" is a matter of personal preference or regional variation.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 654 views

Please could you

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to make polite requests.

This phrase is used to politely ask someone to do something. It is a common and polite way to make requests.

Examples:

Please could you pass me the salt?
Please could you send me the report by tomorrow?
Please could you help me with this task?
Please could you turn off the lights?
Please could you call me back when you have a moment?

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Mr President, please could you tell the French booth that we are talking about paragraphs, not recitals.
So please could you let us have your assessment of the pros and cons to which you have referred.
Please could you advise me regarding a potential infringement of Community law?
Please could you confirm the total number of people employed by each of the EU institutions?
Please could you just separate our relationship from yours and his for just, like, one second?
'Dear Lord, 'I know I'm not supposed to treat you like Father Christmas, 'but please could you get Alex to forgive me?
Please could you confirm whether, under Community law, the GMC is allowed to discriminate against British nationals who study outside the EU in favour of other EU nationals who have also studied outside the EU?
Commissioner, please could you make sure that you will send someone - or go yourself - to Côte d'Ivoire as soon as possible to give this very positive message and confirm this by letter as early as possible?
Please could you tell me about Mike.
Please could you advise what EU funds
Please could you leave me here?
Please could you point out that we have an agenda with separate items.
Please could you give a more detailed response?
Please could you take suitable action here.
Please could you after dinner gagged with Domopak?
Please could you help me find my mother?
Please could you do something for the members of staff!
Please could you pass on to Mrs Swinburne that there are no indications at all that what she is afraid of will happen, provided that the budget is sufficiently large.
Please could you explain to us, Commissioner, how Greece can increase take-up?
Please could you inform me what the EU emission caps are for waste incinerators?

Alternatives:

Could you please
Could you
Would you mind
Would you be able to
Could you possibly

please can you

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to make polite requests.

This phrase is used to politely ask someone to do something. It is a common and polite way to make requests.

Examples:

Please can you help me with this project?
Please can you pick up some groceries on your way home?
Please can you let me know your availability?
Please can you send me the details?
Please can you check the schedule for me?

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Yes, please can you show us something we don't know?
But, Elodi, please can you clear off table four?
Please can you talk to Dad?
This whole love triangle thing is really important, Connie, but please can you focus?
So I'm asking you please can you keep this a secret?
Madam President, please can you clarify this issue, because if Mr de Magistris is seeking to avoid trial...
Daddy, please can you pack me some healthy snacks?
Look, she's not here at the moment so please can you follow the professor tonight?
Miro, please can you pass me the pressure gauge.
This whole love triangle thing is really important, Connie, but please can you focus?
But what I'm saying is, please can you help me?
OK, please can you not shout that in a park? OK?
Baroness Ashton, please can you give us some details about the strategy that you intend to implement in this region?
Madam President, please can you just clarify whether the request is to refer it to Brussels or to Strasbourg, because I have heard both versions?
"Please, please, please can you help?"
Just please can you just let us go?
Dear Mrs. Donnelly, please can you describe to us in as much detail as you desire... your experience of the ambience The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
"Please, please, please can you help?"
Please can you take your hat off.
Please can you get both my assistants through?

Alternatives:

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

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