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Would you mind providing some details, please? Is perhaps the more 'correct' and slightly more formal way of rephrasing your question. EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Wouldyoumind,please AskQuestion Asked 7years,5monthsago Active 3yearsago Viewed 111ktimes 5 1 Ireceivevariousrequests--overemail--oftheform"Wouldyoumindplease..."or"Wouldyoupleasemind..."withandwithoutpunctuation.NeitherofthesesoundquiterighttomynativeAE/Californianear. Wouldyoumind,pleaseprovidesomedetailsforustocapturethestepsrequiredforfuturerequests? Wouldyoupleasemindprovidingsomedetailsforustocapturethestepsrequiredforfuturerequests? Arethesegrammaticallycorrect?Isthereabetterwaytoexpressthese?Isthe"please"necessaryandinwhatpositioninthesentence? grammarphrases Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedJun15'20at7:40 CommunityBot 1 askedJul7'14at22:26 generalnetworkerrorgeneralnetworkerror 17511goldbadge11silverbadge66bronzebadges 7 1 I'mnotsureiftheyarecorrect,butIagreewithyou;theydon'tsoundright.I'dthinkthat"Wouldyoumindprovidingsome..."wouldmakemoresense.Thoughtechnicallytheyareaskingyouifyou'dminddoingthis,nottodoit.Iwoulduseinstead"Ifyoudon'tmind,wouldyoupleaseprovidesomedetails...". – pleasedeleteme Jul7'14at22:45 1 Iwouldsay"Neitherofthesesounds..."butI'mnotanativespeaker. – Centaurus Jul7'14at22:54 2 This'please'isapragmaticmarker(signifyingpoliteness).Thoughitisaffordedsomelatitudeinwhereitmaybeinsertedintoasentence,thisdoesnotmakeyourfirstalternativeacceptable.Yoursecondalternativeisacceptable,bothgrammaticallyandstylistically. – EdwinAshworth Jul7'14at23:16 3 Neitheroftheexamplesentencesaregrammatical.Iwouldclassifythemashavingbeenwrittenbyanon-nativespeakeroraverybadlyeducatednativespeaker. – JohnLawler Jul8'14at2:25 @Centaurus"Neitherofandeitherofarefollowedbyapluralnounorpronounandasingularorpluralverb.Apluralverbismoreinformal:Neitherofmyparentsspeaks/​speakaforeignlanguage.Whenneither…nor…oreither…or…areusedwithtwosingularnouns,theverbcanbesingularorplural.Apluralverbismoreinformal."OxfordLearnersDictionary,seegrammarpoint – PhilSweet May20'18at11:28  |  Show2morecomments 3Answers 3 Active Oldest Votes 3 Wouldyoumindprovidingsomedetails,please? Isperhapsthemore'correct'andslightlymoreformalwayofrephrasingyourquestion.Ortheexamplegivenby@unorthodoxgrammarisjustasgood,andslightlylessformal: Ifyoudon'tmind,wouldyoupleaseprovidesomedetails...? Thepleaseisoptionalineitherplace,asthe'wouldyoumind?'conveysenoughpolitenessinmyopinion,butitwouldn'thurttoadditin.Itwouldusuallycomeimmediatelybeforetheactionthatyouareaskingtheotherpersontodo,i.e.pleaseprovide...ortaggedontotheveryendofthequestion Ifyouhavequitealongsentence,the'please'canbeplacedattheendoftheclausewheretheactualrequestismade–toavoidwaitingfortheendofaverylongsentence: Wouldyoumindprovidingsomedetailsplease,forustocapturethestepsrequiredforfuturerequests? Alternatively: Wouldyoumind?Couldyou(please)providesomedetails...? Isabitmoreconversational.(Notsomethingyouwouldwriteinaformalemail).BothoftheexamplesyougaveIhaveseenwrittenorheardineverydayconversation,andyes,theydolook/soundslightlyoddconstructions. Ifyouaremakingtherequestinanimperative,butstillpolitemanner,the'please'cancomeatthebeginningoftherequest: Pleaseprovidesomedetailsforusto... Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJul8'14at13:06 answeredJul7'14at23:15 decvaltsdecvalts 52822silverbadges88bronzebadges Addacomment  |  1 Thesesoundliketypicalnon-nativeemails,Iexperienceandworkwiththemregularly. Wouldyoumindonapermissionlevelsitslikethis... Wouldyoumindifwecontinuedthemeetingthisafternoon? Andonafavourlevellikethis... Wouldyoumindcontinuingthemeetingthisafternoon? Thefirstyou'duseinamoreformalsituation,duetothesecondbeingmorefriendlyinitsapproach. Yoursecondexamplesentenceismoreappropriate,thoughIwoulddropthe'please'itgivestheemailrequestacertain'I'musingpleasebecauseI'vealreadyaskedthisbeforeandnothing'sbeendoneaboutit'feeling. Hopethishelps! Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJul8'14at4:26 ProinglesProingles 35111silverbadge33bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Theintentionistoexpressarequestina"polite"way.Butbesidesbeingunnecessaryitmakesforanawkwardsentence."Please"followedbytherequestissufficient. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJul7'14at23:22 user82926user82926 3122bronzebadges Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedgrammarphrasesoraskyourownquestion. FeaturedonMeta UpcomingresponsiveActivitypage Reducingtheweightofourfooter Related 22 "Wouldyoumindtodosomething?" 10 "Woulditbe"vs"Willitbe" 1 wouldyoupleaseexplainthese? 0 "WouldyoumindifIwriteX?"vs."WouldyoumindifIwroteX?" 0 howtopolitelyandnativelyreplyanemailandaskquestion 0 Arethereanymistakesinthefollowingtext? 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