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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Don't be late
Hello! I'd like to ask my colleagues not to be late for their paper submission. How can I say it politely?
"I'd like to ask you to meet the deadline."
Do you think it's natural and correct? Please let me know if you have any better phrase.
Thank you.
"I'd like to ask you to meet the deadline."
Do you think it's natural and correct? Please let me know if you have any better phrase.
Thank you.
Top answer
Your phrasing sounds fine. You could soften it by adding "try" if you don't mind giving them room to fail. I'd like to ask you to try to meet the deadline.
- Your phrasing sounds fine.
- You could soften it by adding "try" if you don't mind giving them room to fail.
- I'd like to ask you to try to meet the deadline.
- However, it might be better to give a reason instead.
- So it sound less like a simple command.
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Your phrasing sounds fine. You could soften it by adding "try" if you don't mind giving them room to fail.
I'd like to ask you to try to meet the deadline.
However, it might be better to give a reason instead. So it sound less like a simple command.
I'd like to ask you to meet the deadline (if at all possible), because of ...
I'd like to ask you to try to meet the deadline.
However, it might be better to give a reason instead. So it sound less like a simple command.
I'd like to ask you to meet the deadline (if at all possible), because of ...
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