Business English Giving Commands Advanced Professional English
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm
I’d appreciate it if you’d watch this
video let’s talk about it today we’re
gonna be talking about how to politely
professionally and accurately give a
command or a polite request in English
if you’re in a job situation where you
have to speak English or maybe you’re
talking to your professor at school and
you want to tell them to do something
how can you politely do this without
being too direct without being too
demanding even if you are the boss you
still want to be polite so today I want
to talk about four expressions that you
can use to give a command politely and
professionally the first expression is
great to use when you’re talking with
someone who is your boss or who is your
superior of some sort it’s hard to
figure out how to ask them to do
something politely without being rude in
your native language
so in English it’s a little bit even a
little bit more tricky so I recommend
using this expression when you have the
chance can you send me that report when
you have the chance can you sign this
paper when you have the chance it shows
you know they’re busy you know they have
a lot to do they don’t even have to do
it if they don’t want but when you ask
them this question when you have the
chance you’re not demanding now do it
now it just shows when you have the
chance when you can can you do this for
me the second question that you can use
to give a command politely is let’s
imagine the situation where you need to
give a presentation but you’ve never
given a presentation in this room before
so you’re not sure how the projector
works you could simply say could you
help me turn on the projector because I
have to give a presentation when you say
because you’re giving a reason why they
need to help you and I think this makes
it more polite because you’re not just
saying could you help me with the
projector you’re giving a concrete clear
reason why that it’s actually gonna be
beneficial could you help me turn on the
projector because I have to give a
presentation soon we can combine this
with our previous statement to make it
even more polite when you have a chance
can you help me turn on the projector
because I have to give a presentation in
a couple minutes
because I have to give a presentation
soon beautiful we can combine these to
make them more and more polite the next
two expressions are really similar so
I’m gonna combine them together the
first way that we can use them is by
themselves this is a little more direct
and it’s better if you are talking to
someone who is under you you could say
I’d appreciate it if I’d like it if you
would send me the report as soon as
possible I’d appreciate it if you would
send me the report the full expression
is I would appreciate it if you would
help me with this report I would
appreciate it if you would send me the
report as soon as possible when you use
wood in this way it’s extra polite but
what if you want to say this to someone
who is not working under you we can use
our first expression when you have a
moment I’d appreciate it if you’d send
me the report when you have a chance I’d
appreciate it if you’d send me the
report Wow we can really combine all of
these to level up your politeness now
it’s your turn
in the comments below this video when
you have a chance I’d appreciate it if
you’d make a sentence using today’s
expressions
today’s polite commands I hope that you
can use them in the comments but also in
your professional life as you’re
speaking English
as you hear other people speak English
try to remember them and use them
yourself have confidence that you’re
speaking politely and understandably
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