Correct requests
1. I will appreciate it if you can take me to the airport.
2. I would appreciate it if you can take me to the airport.
3. I would appreciate it if you could take me to the airport.
Which of the above requests are correct?
Thanks.
Top answer
3 is correct and polite. 2 is less correct and makes it seem more like you are assuming that they can take you instead of asking. 1 is wrong.
- 3 is correct and polite.
- 2 is less correct and makes it seem more like you are assuming that they can take you instead of asking.
- 1 is wrong.
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3 is correct and polite.
2 is less correct and makes it seem more like you are assuming that they can take you instead of asking.
1 is wrong.
0#3 is the standard form and the most polite way to say that.
As for the other two sentences, I'm sure you'll hear them now and then. #1 is not incorrect but is much less polite than #3.
#2 mixes tenses (past and present) for no good reason.
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