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PreciousJones Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Please if you can

Please, if you can, provide me with the prices of the following products. And

Please, if you could, provide me with the prices of the following products.

What's the difference between the two sentences? Thank you.
  

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In this case 'can' and 'could' mean the same. However for a more natural sounding sentence I would write: Please can you provide me with the prices... Please could you provide me with the prices...

— Anonymous

  • In this case 'can' and 'could' mean the same.
  • However for a more natural sounding sentence I would write: Please can you provide me with the prices...
  • Please could you provide me with the prices...
  • or Can you please provide me with the prices....
  • Could you please provide me with the prices....
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In this case 'can' and 'could' mean the same.

However for a more natural sounding sentence I would write:

Please can you provide me with the prices...
Please could you provide me with the prices...

or

Can you please provide me with the prices....
Could you please provide me with the prices....

In answer to your question, 'could' is very slight
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