Politeness

POLITENESS

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GIVE PERMISSION

CAN MAY COULD MIGHT

ASK FOR PERMISSION

CAN? COULD? MAY? MIGHT? WILL YOU LET ME? WOULD YOU LET ME?

REFUSE PERMISSION

CAN'T? MAY NOT? WON'T? SHAN'T? I WON'T LET YOU YOU MUSTN'T

BEG PERMISSION

CAN'T I? COULDN'T I? WON'T YOU LET ME?

ASK FOR THINGS

CAN? COULD? MAY? MIGHT? WOULD?

REQUEST ACTION

CAN COULD CAN'T COULDN'T WILL WON´T WOULD

ASK FOR INFORMATION

CAN'T I? COULDN'T I? WON'T YOU LET ME?

ADVICE

MUST / MUSTN'T SHOULD / SHOULDN'T OUGHT TO / OUGHTN'T TO COULD / COULDN'T MIGHT / MIGHTN'T WOULD / WOULDN'T

THREATENING / WARNING

WILL SHALL

EXPRESSING DETERMINATION

WILL SHALL MUST

OFFERING

CAN? COULD? MAY? SHALL? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO?

INVITATION

WILL? / WON'T? WOULD? / WOULDN'T? CAN? COULD? SHALL WE? I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO... WOULD YOU LIKE TO?

ACCEPT INVITATIONS

WILL CAN WOULD LOVE TO SHOULD LOVE TO

REFUSE INVITATIONS

CAN'T COULDN'T WON'T BE ABLE TO SHAN'T BE ABLE TO

AGREE TO A REQUEST

CAN WILL

EXPRESS RELUCTANCE

COULD MIGHT SHOULDN'T OUGHTN'T

REFUSE A REQUEST

CAN'T COULDN'T WON'T SHAN'T

INSTANT DECISION

WILL WON'T MIGHT

VOLUNTEERING

WILL? CAN? COULD? SHALL I?

PROMISE

WILL SHALL