Can you please or could you please?

Originally Answered: “Can you please” or “Could you please” — which is correct? “Could” is the polite form of “can”—so both are correct, but we use them in different situations. We use “can” when we are telling someone to do something. We use “could” when we are making a request.

Can you please help me or could you please help me?

‘Can you help me? ‘ is a question for someone you know is capable of ‘helping you’. ‘Could you help me? ‘ is a question for someone, whose ability to help is in doubt, and you’re asking whether – if they can help, would they?

Could or can when asking a question?

Can, like could and would, is used to ask a polite question, but can is only used to ask permission to do or say something (“Can I borrow your car?” “Can I get you something to drink?”). Could is the past tense of can, but it also has uses apart from that–and that is where the confusion lies.

Can you open the door or could you open the door?

“Can you open the door, please?” is correct It is, however, a REQUEST to someone to open the door. A better and more polite form of request would be, “Could you open the door, please?

Could you please vs could you?

We also use ‘could’ to ask permission; it is more polite or formal than ‘can’. Changing the word order to “could you please” is no more or less polite – it’s a matter of style. whether requests starting with “Please can/could you…” render the same degree of politeness as those that start with “Could you please…”.

Could you please assist on this matter Meaning?

This is correct. This is an extremely polite way to ask someone to help you.

What is the difference between would and could?

Could is the past tense form of the verb ‘can’ which indicates a past ability of someone or possibility of an action or happening. On the other hand, would is the past of ‘will’ which indicates the intent or willingness of a person, in future, but from the past situation.

What is the difference between could be and can be?

Can means be able to or permitted to do something. Could refers to the possibility or the ability to do something.

Is it more could or polite?

How to remember the difference. When it comes to requests, we can use both could and would, but could is more formal and polite than would. While making polite requests, could is used with suggestions, as it indicates a possibility. On the contrary, would is used with offers or invites, because it is more usual.

Would you or could you difference?

‘Could You’ is considered to be an informal way of asking something, contrary, ‘Would You’ is a formal way of requesting someone to do something.

Could have VS could?

The word ‘could’ is the past tense of ‘can’. It’s used to mean that somebody was able to do something in the past. So the former sentence means that he was able to climb the mountain. The phrase “could have” is used to mean that somebody was capable of doing something, but he actually didn’t do it.