How to use please in a sentence. We use expressions with thank you and thanks to respond to something politely and to show we are grateful for something Thanks is more informal than thank you We often add other words to make the response stronger 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. To give satisfaction or pleasure
Waiters who try hard to please To have the will or desire Sit down, if you please. (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging See examples of please used 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
Used to ask for something in a polite way Used to show that a request is serious or important To please someone is to give them pleasure or to make them happy This is also a word for polite requests like, could you please pass the milk? have you ever been asked what's the magic word It's please, a small word that makes any request more polite. You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something.
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