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Hwa Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Hold on a second, please!
Hi all, I am first time here... great website!
Anyway, my question is,
Is this right expression? - "Hold on a second, please"
When I am not ready to order in restaurants or stores and the servers are waiting my order, can I use this?
I am hesitating to use this words because, I feel this words are a little rude becuase "hold on" sounds like "do not move !!"
"Wait a minute/second" would be better ?
Anyway, my question is,
Is this right expression? - "Hold on a second, please"
When I am not ready to order in restaurants or stores and the servers are waiting my order, can I use this?
I am hesitating to use this words because, I feel this words are a little rude becuase "hold on" sounds like "do not move !!"
"Wait a minute/second" would be better ?
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" Hold on ", " wait ", etc. are imperatives so don't seem very polite. Maybe you could try something like: " Sorry, I'm not ready to order yet.
- " Hold on ", " wait ", etc.
- are imperatives so don't seem very polite.
- Maybe you could try something like: " Sorry, I'm not ready to order yet.
- Would you mind coming back in a few moments?
- "
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"Hold on", "wait", etc. are imperatives so don't seem very polite. Maybe you could try something like: "Sorry, I'm not ready to order yet. Would you mind coming back in a few moments?"
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