COMMAND and REQUEST

I.                    COMMANDS

Command expressed by the imperative.

A.      The second person imperative

1.       This has the same form as the bate infinitive :

        Hurry!                                   Open the door.

For the negative, we put do not (don’t) before the verb :

        Don’t hurry!                       Don’t open  the door.

2.       The person addressed is very often not mentioned, but can be expressed by a noun placed at the end of the phrase :

        Eat your dinner, boys.                    Be quite, Tom.

These noun can be placed before the verb, but this is much less usual.

B.      The first person imperative

Form :   let us (let’s) + bare infinitive

                Let us stand together in this emergency.

For the negative we normally put not before the infinitive :

                Let us not be alarmed by rumours.

II.                  REQUEST

A.      Request with can/coul/may/might I/we + have + noun/pronoun

Can  is the most informal :

                ‘Can I have a sweet?’ said the little boy.

Can I/we,  when used by adults, sounds more confident than could I/we.

Could I/we is the most generally useful form :

                Could I have a cup of tea?

                Could I  have two tickets, please?

May and might are more formal than could, but possibel in bot spoken and written English.

                May/Might I  have a copy of the letter?

B.      Request with could you

Could you is a very useful request form :

                Could you please show me the way?

Possibly  can be added to show that the speaker is asking for something extra :

                Could you possibly lend me $500?

C.      Request with will/would you (please)

Would you (please)  has the same meaning as could you.

                Would you please/Could you  count your change?

Will you is more authoritative and therefore less polite.

                Will you shut the door?

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