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The
different ways of using the language according to the
situation.
Example:
Asking someone to open the door for you.
- I wonder if I could ask you to open the door?
- Could I ask you to open the door?
- Would you mind opening the door?
- Could you open the door?
- Open the door!
- 1 and 2 are really only appropriate for formal
situations – with people you don’t know and who are in
positions of respect or authority.
- 3 is appropriate for semi-formal or informal situations
where politeness is important.
- 4 is only appropriate for informal situations.
- 5 is only appropriate if you want to show that you’re
angry, or in a hurry!
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