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Hanuman_2000 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

May

Hello,

1.May you please open the door?

Is the above sentense for polite reqest?

We generally use ,could you, or ,would you, or can you or will you.

Thanks.

  

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You seem to have answered your own question.

Don't say the 'May you . . . ' version.

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hanuman_2000May you please open the door?

We only ask permission for ourselves (may I?). We make our requests only to others (could you?).

For asking permission: 

May I (please) ...?
May we (please) ...?

For requesting:

Could you (please) ...?

CJ

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