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12 Apr 2021
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⭕️『Please eat』
⭕️『Sit down please』
✖️『Please sit down 』
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Why?????
⭕️『Please eat』
⭕️『Sit down please』
✖️『Please sit down 』
↑
Why?????
⭕️『Sit down please』
✖️『Please sit down 』
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Why?????
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@Ayano3104
"Apple, please." O
"Please apple." X
I'm trying to think of why we do this. It's not something I really ever think about as a native speaker.
Please works in front as a polite command. (If it pleases you...)
Please sit down.
Please don't do that.
Please eat your vegetables.
Please be quiet.
For a polite request put it at the end.
May I have an apple please?
Sit down please.
Stand up please.
One newspaper please.
All are seen as polite and will occur in normal speech.
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All three are perfectly natural in daily speech. I have no idea why that would be marked as incorrect.
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@brendan7somm I learned to put what I want in front of me, like "apple please" when I have something I want.
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@Ayano3104
"Apple, please." O
"Please apple." X
I'm trying to think of why we do this. It's not something I really ever think about as a native speaker.
Please works in front as a polite command. (If it pleases you...)
Please sit down.
Please don't do that.
Please eat your vegetables.
Please be quiet.
For a polite request put it at the end.
May I have an apple please?
Sit down please.
Stand up please.
One newspaper please.
All are seen as polite and will occur in normal speech.
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I understand.
『Please sit down.』＞『Sit down please』
『Please sit down.』＞『Sit down please』
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@Ayano3104 If it is an item that you want, it has to be a request. 'Apple' is not a command, 'sit' is.
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However, we can make it a command by inferring action.
Please give me an apple.
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