Reported speech "please"

[nq:1]What happens to a sentence like "Come with me please!" inreported speec?. What happens to the please? Does it still appear?[/nq]
You be the judge:
She said for them to please go with her.

J. W. Love wrote on 11 Nov 2004:

I'd translate that as "She asked them to (please) go with her" or "She told them to (please) go with her" or "She ordered them to go with her": the "please" is a perfunctory piece of politesse and not required in the switch to indirect (reported) speech. "She said that they {should/had to/ ought to/were obliged to} go with her" {is/is/is/is} also possible.

But "ask" doesn't include "please"?
IMO in direct speech "please" replaces "ask" or "invite". It would be awkward to say "I ask you to comewith me" or "I invite you to come with me".

Arcadian Rises wrote on 11 Nov 2004:
[nq:1]But "ask" doesn't include "please"?[/nq]
No, it doesn't necessarily include "please".
[nq:1]IMO in direct speech "please" replaces "ask" or "invite". It would be awkward to say "I ask you to comewith me" or "I invite you to come with me".[/nq]
It's possible to stick "please" into the first sentence without any problem: "I ask you to please

[nq:2]But "ask" doesn't include "please"?[/nq]
[nq:1]No, it doesn't necessarily include "please".[/nq]
Right, not all the meanings of "ask" include "please".
[nq:2]IMO in direct speech "please" replaces "ask" or "invite". It ... comewith me" or "I invite you to come with me".[/nq]
[nq:1]It's possible to stick "please" into the first sentence without any problem: "I ask you to pleas

[nq:1]What happens to a sentence like "Come with me please!" in reported speec?. What happens to the please? Does it still appear?[/nq]
The most usual way of representing it in writing would be something like "Tina asked me to go with her". Although the "please" is not explicitly represented, it is implied by using a friendly verb "asked" rather than a more peremptory one. Without the "please"

[nq:1]What happens to a sentence like "Come with me please!" in reported speec?. What happens to the please? Does it still appear? Thanks, Tina[/nq]
How accurate do you want your report to be? Without it, the sentence sounds suspiciously like the sort of thing that the American Secret Service might say to someone who had made a feeble joke about the assassination of the President. On second th

[nq:1]What happens to a sentence like "Come with me please!" in reported speec?. What happens to the please? Does it still appear? Thanks, Tina[/nq]
The word "please" by itself is short for (but always used instead of) "if it please you". The long form of your sentence is, "Come with me, if it please you!"
hope this helps

Steven Howell
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"Tina" asks:
[nq:2]What happens to a sentence like "Come with me please!" in reported speec?. What happens to the please? Does it still appear?[/nq]
[nq:1]The most usual way of representing it in writing would be something like "Tina asked me to go with her".[/nq]
I agree.
[nq:1]Although the "please" is not explicitly represented, it is implied by using a friendly verb "asked" rath

Arcadian Rises wrote on 11 Nov 2004:
[nq:1]Right, not all the meanings of "ask" include "please".[/nq]
[nq:2]It's possible to stick "please" into the first sentence without ... me." I wouldn't put it into the second one, though.[/nq]
[nq:1]Then, here's OP's answer: "She invited him to go with her".[/nq]
This is fine. It includes the "please", but it could also represent "'I invite