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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Please inform vs please do inform

Hi,

I'd like to ask about difference between the two phrases:

Please do inform us about sth.
Please inform us about sth.

Is there any difference in meaning or its just formal/less formal form?

  Regards,
  K.
  

Top answer

The first is a little-used emphatic form of the second, and it is usually misused by non-natives. It should be reserved for the situation in which the speaker has just been told that he will not be informed about sth.

— Mister Micawber

  • The first is a little-used emphatic form of the second, and it is usually misused by non-natives.
  • It should be reserved for the situation in which the speaker has just been told that he will not be informed about sth.
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The first is a little-used emphatic form of the second, and it is usually misused by non-natives. It should be reserved for the situation in which the speaker has just been told that he will not be informed about sth.
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