![]() Keep in mind that politeness may depend on other factors, such as context, familiarity, tone, more than simply on the content of your sentence.Īnyway, in a more formal email, I'd go with something like sentence 9 or, in general, with other such constructions: I merely considered some likely alternatives while keeping the rest of the sentence fixed. That's not to say there aren't other ways to put it (even more, or less politely). Could you tell me the meeting date, please?. ![]() Please, could you tell me the meeting date?.More polite than sentence 4, a little less polite than sentence 6. Can you tell me the meeting date, please?.Please, can you tell me the meeting date?.This is now a request, and it's more polite than sentences 1, 2, and 3. ![]() ![]() It's still obviously a directive, an instruction, and since your boss objected to it, they probably found it impolite, but given what you've written, they probably understand you're not a native speaker of English and as such aren't very familiar with formality, etc. Slightly more polite, but still not generally polite. There is no pretense of it being polite it's an instruction. ![]()
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