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'Will you please' vs. 'May you please'



 
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'Will you please' vs. 'May you please' #1 (permalink) Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:07 pm   'Will you please' vs. 'May you please'		  
English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #49 "Modal Verb Questions", question 1

......... you please bring me my notebook?

(a) Will
(b) May
(c) Do
(d) Should

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #49 "Modal Verb Questions", answer 1

Will you please bring me my notebook?

Correct answer: (a) Will

Your answer was: incorrect
May you please bring me my notebook?
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Why use may is wrong? please explain, thank you

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'Will you please' vs. 'May you please' #2 (permalink) Thu Jun 22, 2006 13:10 pm   'Will you please' vs. 'May you please'		  
Apart from the other meanings of the modal verb will (possibility, ability, intention and etc), it expresses a polite request n the given sentence, while may has meanings that express possibility, permission, supposition...but not request Very Happy .
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May/will #3 (permalink) Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:43 am   May/will		  
Hi Teodor,

You asked:

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Why use may is wrong? please explain, thank you

When you want to ask another person to do something for you can say: Will you help me? This would be used for 2nd and 3rd persons (you/he/they) because you are asking this person/these person if they would help you.

May, on the other hand would usually be used with the first person (I/we) because you are asking another person for permission to do something as in: May I ask you a question?

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May/will #4 (permalink) Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:10 am   May/will		  
Alan wrote:
Hi Teodor,

You asked:

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Why use may is wrong? please explain, thank you

When you want to ask another person to do something for you can say: Will you help me? This would be used for 2nd and 3rd persons (you/he/they) because you are asking this person/these person if they would help you.

May, on the other hand would usually be used with the first person (I/we) because you are asking another person for permission to do something as in: May I ask you a question?

Alan

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