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Friendly request or polite order?

chairsWhich is more polite: ‘Please sit down’ or ‘Sit down, please’? If you put please at the beginning, you are making a polite, friendly request. If you put it at the end, you sound much less friendly. You’re not exactly giving an order, but you are in a serious mood – it’s no time for jokes!

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