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ESLBeginner Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Would somebody say "please to meet you"?

Hi, though I never said "please to meet you", I heard that "please to meet you" doesn't mean "pleased to meet you"; is this correct? and if it is true, what's the meaning of this "please to meet you?"

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First thing that springs to mind is that "please to meet you" is a slipshod version of "pleased to meet you". Same as people write "I am suppose to do" in leu of the right "supposed". This stems from the fact that "please to" and "pleased to" sound alike to the ear.

— MrPernickety

  • First thing that springs to mind is that "please to meet you" is a slipshod version of "pleased to meet you".
  • Same as people write "I am suppose to do" in leu of the right "supposed".
  • This stems from the fact that "please to" and "pleased to" sound alike to the ear.
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First thing that springs to mind is that "please to meet you" is a slipshod version of "pleased to meet you".

Same as people write "I am suppose to do" in leu of the right "supposed".

This stems from the fact that "please to" and "pleased to" sound alike to the ear.
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I agree - to an ELS learner, it would be hard to hear the difference between "please to" and "pleased to" and either will sound a bit like "pleasedoomeetchew."

The correct formation is "pleased to."
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