Will you please – English Grammar Profiler

“Will you please” is a polite phrase that asks someone to do something for you. It expresses your desire, choice, willingness or consent. It also implies that you expect the person to agree to your request. For example:

Will you please pass me the salt?
Will you please be quiet?
Will you please come with me?

You can also use “would you please” or “could you please” to make similar requests, but they tend to have slightly different meanings. “Would you please…?” generally asks for a favor, while “Could you please…?” asks whether someone is capable of doing something for you. For example:

Would you please help me with this homework?
Could you please explain this to me?

In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 123 in the category of modality is defined as:

‘will’ (particularly ‘Will you please’) to make requests and commands in a wide range of contexts.

The confusing part of this entry is that there is a lexical range of 3 bars given, but it is not mentioned in the usual way as a wide range of verbs.

*There are two examples with please + verb and one with only as the normal will question form.

An iWeb search for will you please * *

1 WILL YOU PLEASE TELL ME 111 2 WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME 98 3 WILL YOU PLEASE LET ME 84 4 WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE ME 51 5 WILL YOU PLEASE BE QUIET 34

6 WILL YOU PLEASE GO NOW 28

7 WILL YOU PLEASE FORGIVE ME 26

8 WILL YOU PLEASE SEND ME 26 9 WILL YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME 25 10 WILL YOU PLEASE TELL US 23 11 WILL YOU PLEASE BE MY 22 12 WILL YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR 22 13 WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE A 19

14 WILL YOU PLEASE HELP US 18

15 WILL YOU PLEASE DROP ME 17

will you _vvi*

1 WILL YOU NEED 5238 2 WILL YOU GET 4472 3 WILL YOU FIND 3309 4 WILL YOU USE 3101 5 WILL YOU TAKE 2611 6 WILL YOU MAKE 2604 7 WILL YOU KNOW 2486 8 WILL YOU GO 2484 9 WILL YOU HELP 2019 10 WILL YOU GIVE 1830 11 WILL YOU CHOOSE 1788 12 WILL YOU SEE 1578 13 WILL YOU COME 1325 14 WILL YOU JOIN 1100 15 WILL YOU TELL 1085 16 WILL YOU MARRY 1057 17 WILL YOU TRY 901 18 WILL YOU SAY 885 19 WILL YOU PAY 873 20 WILL YOU LET 869 21 WILL YOU FEEL 749 22 WILL YOU LEARN 739 23 WILL YOU KEEP 734 24 WILL YOU PUT 623

25 WILL YOU STOP 593

Look, will you stop folding towels for just one second and please listen?

listen

26 WILL YOU ACCEPT 584 27 WILL YOU CONTINUE 559 28 WILL YOU SHARE 544 29 WILL YOU SPEND 516 30 WILL YOU WANT 485 31 WILL YOU ALLOW 475 32 WILL YOU LOOK 472 33 WILL YOU MISS 447 34 WILL YOU PLAY 443 35 WILL YOU PROVIDE 442 36 WILL YOU SEND 437 37 WILL YOU BUY 433 38 WILL YOU ADD 429 39 WILL YOU STAY 423 40 WILL YOU BRING 411 41 WILL YOU STAND 410 42 WILL YOU START 403 43 WILL YOU WORK 392 44 WILL YOU RECEIVE 391 45 WILL YOU HANDLE 387 46 WILL YOU SELL 381 47 WILL YOU BECOME 374 48 WILL YOU MEASURE 361 49 WILL YOU OFFER 353 50 WILL YOU CONSIDER 337 51 WILL YOU LOSE 329 52 WILL YOU LEAVE 327 53 WILL YOU SUPPORT 319 54 WILL YOU MANAGE 306 55 WILL YOU SHOW 298 56 WILL YOU SURVIVE 286 57 WILL YOU CREATE 282 58 WILL YOU WRITE 269 59 WILL YOU FOLLOW 265 60 WILL YOU REMEMBER 252 61 WILL YOU ENSURE 249 62 WILL YOU MEET 241 63 WILL YOU LIVE 237 64 WILL YOU BUILD 237 65 WILL YOU DECIDE 236 66 WILL YOU DEAL 222 67 WILL YOU PICK 215 68 WILL YOU GAIN 211 69 WILL YOU CELEBRATE 211 70 WILL YOU RESPOND 208 71 WILL YOU WEAR 203 72 WILL YOU SAVE 200 73 WILL YOU CHANGE 197 74 WILL YOU ASK 192 75 WILL YOU REACH 190 76 WILL YOU TURN 187 77 WILL YOU DISCOVER 184 78 WILL YOU DIE 183 79 WILL YOU BELIEVE 172 80 WILL YOU CALL 169 81 WILL YOU PLEASE 168 82 WILL YOU CHARGE 164 83 WILL YOU ACHIEVE 163 84 WILL YOU BEGIN 156 85 WILL YOU RUN 156 86 WILL YOU THINK 154 87 WILL YOU HEAR 153 88 WILL YOU DELIVER 152 89 WILL YOU ANSWER 151 90 WILL YOU UNDERSTAND 146 91 WILL YOU COMMUNICATE 138 92 WILL YOU DETERMINE 136 93 WILL YOU END 135 94 WILL YOU EXPLAIN 131 95 WILL YOU DENY 131 96 WILL YOU LOVE 128 97 WILL YOU SERVE 125 98 WILL YOU POST 124 99 WILL YOU MOVE 123

100 WILL YOU STUDY 122