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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Can I ask you why you keep coming here if you're not interested in sharing anything with the rest of the group?


1. Could the sentence be phrased in a more natural way or is it perfectly OK as it is?

2. Would it be more polite to start the sentence with "May I ask you..." or are they pretty much used interchangeably in contexts like this?

  

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anonymous 1. Could the sentence be phrased in a more natural way ...? Nothing that stands out comes to mind.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous 1.
  • Could the sentence be phrased in a more natural way ...?
  • Nothing that stands out comes to mind.
  • anonymous is it perfectly OK as it is?
  • Yes.
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anonymous1. Could the sentence be phrased in a more natural way ...?

Nothing that stands out comes to mind.

anonymousis it perfectly OK as it is?

Yes.

anonymousWould it be more polite to start the sentence with "May I ask you..."

Yes, but personally, I think that's getting

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