Starting a question with 'Could you' vs. 'Can you'? - English ...

I would say: Could you please send me your mobile number. I would regard could as more polite than can in this context. There is probably no proper way. EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Startingaquestionwith'Couldyou'vs.'Canyou'?[duplicate] AskQuestion Asked 6years,3monthsago Active 6years,3monthsago Viewed 43ktimes 0 1 Thisquestionalreadyhasananswerhere: "Canyouplease"vs."Couldyouplease"[duplicate] (1answer) Closed6yearsago. Whatistheproperwordtousewhenaskingthequestionbelow: Couldyoupleasesendyourmobilenumber? or Canyoupleasesendyourmobilenumber? Isoneofthosebetterthantheotherforsomereason?Oraretheyaboutthesame? grammar Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedSep4'15at17:12 J.R.♦ 108k99goldbadges153153silverbadges280280bronzebadges askedSep4'15at14:31 user23929user23929 111goldbadge11silverbadge22bronzebadges 2 Whyisyourtitleaskingaboutemailbutyourquestionbodyaskingaboutmobilenumbers? – NathanTuggy Sep4'15at14:56 I'vetakenthelibertytoeditthisquestion.To@user23929:Inthefuture,avoidaskingaquestionthatasks,"Isthissentencecorrectornot?"or,"Whichoneoftheseiscorrect?"Instead,trytomakeitamoregeneralquestionthatwouldinterestotherEnglishlearnersbesidesyourself.Also,whenaskingforacomparisonbetweentwosentences,highlightthedifference.Moretrickshere(readthroughtheanswers,too).Also,don'tforgettodosomeresearch,andsharewhatyoufind. – J.R. ♦ Sep4'15at17:16 Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Active Oldest Votes 1 Iwouldsay: Couldyoupleasesendmeyourmobilenumber. Iwouldregardcouldasmorepolitethancaninthiscontext.Thereisprobablynoproperway.Allaregrammaticallycorrect. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredSep4'15at14:45 BrianTompsett-汤莱恩BrianTompsett-汤莱恩 4,46422goldbadges1818silverbadges3232bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Botharefinegrammatically,butitappearsthatyouareaimingforarelativelyformalsettinginwhichcase"Could"isslightlymoreformal-sounding.Neitherwouldbeincorrect,however. "Could"alsoimpliesmoreofapoliterequestwhichmayberefused,ratherthanapoliteorder,althoughthisisasoftimplicationanddoesnotmake"Can"rude. Iwouldgenerallysuggestusing"Could"althoughI'dperhapschangethewordorderasthefollowingflowsbetterandsoundsmostlikeapoliterequest. Pleasecouldyousendmeyourmobilenumber? Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredSep4'15at14:46 JonStoryJonStory 2,20988silverbadges99bronzebadges 3 Usingwouldisapossibility,too:Wouldyoupleasesendmeyourmobilephonenumber? – J.R. ♦ Sep4'15at17:20 Thatwouldsoundverystrangetome,andsoundsslightlypassiveaggressiveordemanding – JonStory Sep4'15at17:34 Itmight,dependingonthecontext.Butconsider:Itwasnicemeetingyouyesterdayinthecafeteria.Thatwasagreatconversation.I'dreallyliketoarrangeanothermeetingsometime,ifyoudon'tmind.Wouldyoupleasesendmeyourcellphonenumber?Thatdoesn'tsoundtoo'demanding'tome. – J.R. ♦ Sep4'15at17:38 Addacomment  |  Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedgrammar. 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