CalifJimanonymousSuppose I am talking to a respected person, I can’t just say, ‘I need to use your charger because mine is broken.’ Because that would be very direct. But instead I could say, ‘I would need to use your charger because mine is broken.’ This one makes it polite. Am I correct?No. Changing a sentence so it contains "would" is not the way to make yourself polite. This is all you need to say:
May I please use your charger? Mine is broken.
CJ
Please reply, Califjim.
I don't think I have any more to say on the subject. CJ
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