How to use please in a sentence. Short for if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you[1][2] which is a calque of french s'il vous plaît, which replaced pray Please and thank you are usually associated with politeness
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We use them a lot in english
(used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging
See examples of please used in a sentence. You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something. To give satisfaction or pleasure Waiters who try hard to please
To have the will or desire Sit down, if you please. Please is a shortening of the phrase, if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you, which is in turn a calque of the french s'il vous plaît, which replaced pray. Used to ask for something in a polite way
Used to show that a request is serious or important
Definition of please exclamation in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Something that you say to be polite when you are asking for something
