I would like to kindly ask you could you check......? - English ...

Too complicated and long-winded is one thing, but it also doesn't sound right - I think it may be because you're repeating "you" twice, though I'm not sure. 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 Iwouldliketokindlyaskyoucouldyoucheck......? AskQuestion Asked 7years,8monthsago Active 2years,6monthsago Viewed 863ktimes 18 18 IjustwanttoknowIwouldliketokindlyaskyoucouldyoucheck......?couldbearightstructureforaskingquestion? regards politeness Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedJul10'14at19:38 HOsseiNSA askedMar27'14at15:20 HOsseiNSAHOsseiNSA 30111goldbadge22silverbadges77bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  5Answers 5 Active Oldest Votes 34 Toocomplicatedandlong-windedisonething,butitalsodoesn'tsoundright-Ithinkitmaybebecauseyou'rerepeating"you"twice,thoughI'mnotsure.Tryoneofthese:  Iwouldliketokindlyaskyoutocheck...  Wouldyoubesokindastocheck...  CouldIaskyoukindlytocheck...  CouldIkindlyaskyoutocheck...  Couldyoupleasecheck... If,ontheotherhand,youwanttoaskwhethersomebodyhasalreadycheckedyourfile,youshouldgowith: Wouldyoubesokindastotellmeif/whetheryouhavechecked… Couldyoupleaseletmeknowif/whetheryouhavechecked… Iwould[greatly]appreciateitifyoucouldletmeknowif/whether/whenyouhavechecked… Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJun7'19at5:47 Mari-LouA 84.3k8282goldbadges283283silverbadges542542bronzebadges answeredMar27'14at15:26 AlicjaZAlicjaZ 2,08111goldbadge1212silverbadges2424bronzebadges 3 ButIwanttoknowthethirdpersonhasckeckedmyfileornotandletsmeknow,Idon'twanttoaskforchecking – HOsseiNSA Mar27'14at15:29 1 Ooh.That'sacompletelydifferentsentencethen,withameaningnoneofusgot.Pleasecheckmyupdatedanswer:) – AlicjaZ Mar27'14at15:43 I'dclassthisasarequest(forafavour)ratherthanatruequestion.You'reexpectingoratleasthopingforwillingcompliance,notamere'Yes'(or'No!'). – EdwinAshworth Mar27'14at16:49 Addacomment  |  11 Theproblemwithtokindlyask(apartfromthesplitinfinitive,whichiscumbersome)isthatitsaysthatyouarebeingkindwhenasking:youareaskingkindly.It'susualtoaskforsomeoneelsetobekindanddosomething. Iwouldliketoask[you]couldyoukindlycheck......? However,"Iwouldliketoask"ismeaningless,becauseyouareasking."Iwouldliketoask"ismoreusefullyfollowedby"butIwon't".It'sfarmorelikelythatthequestionwouldbe Couldyoukindlycheck...forme,please? Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMar27'14at15:36 AndrewLeach♦AndrewLeach 92.8k1111goldbadges179179silverbadges289289bronzebadges 3 Thisignoresthe'please'usage:kindly8.please(oftenusedtoexpressimpatienceorformality):willyoukindlybehaveyourself!.Collins. – EdwinAshworth Feb13'15at14:15 Onthecontrary,"couldyoukindlycheck...?"isimplying"please". – AndrewLeach ♦ Feb13'15at14:56 Sorry;your1stsentence.Toquote@tchrist:Wekindlyrequest....Wepolitelyrequest....Wehumblyrequest....areallfrequentlyseeninformalinvitationsandsuch.Theyareinthe“expected”format.Aswithalllanguageofcourtesy,youshouldnotgettooworkedupoverwhateachwordliterallymeansinthesefrozen,fossilizedforms.Theyhavebecomeformulaic,soitis“whatpeopledo”onsuchoccasions.I'dadd'Wekindlyask...'.Ofcourse,OP'sexampledoesnotusethisformula. – EdwinAshworth Feb13'15at15:30 Addacomment  |  1 Thestructuretoaskingaquestionusuallygoesas[verb][object]. Doyouknowthetime? Ifyouwouldliketobepolite,you'dsay"please." Pleasecheck... Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMar27'14at15:24 xserfxserf 10744bronzebadges 3 1 No.This(latter)isarequest–almostacommand–notaquestion.Butthensoaremostoftheexampleshere.Thewrappingoftherequestinaquestion-likeformofwordsisacommonlyusedhedgingdevice.I'dnotuseaquestionmarkwhenwritingsomethinglike'Couldyouopenthewindow,please,Jill.' – EdwinAshworth Mar27'14at16:53 Aquestionmaybearequest. – xserf Mar27'14at17:01 'Pleasecheck...'certainlyisn'taquestion.AtProofthatblogis'Thebiggestconfusionwillcomeindeterminingwhetherthethingyouareaskingisadirectquestionorapoliterequest.Apoliterequestwillnotuseaquestionmarkbutwilluseaperiodinstead.· Willyoupleasegettheattorney’ssignatureonthispleadingandreturnittome.(Notreallyaquestionbecauseyouexpectthemtodoit.)· MayIsuggestthatyouresearchflighttimesbeforeyoubookthetravel.' – EdwinAshworth Mar27'14at22:22 Addacomment  |  1 Afuthersuggestion: Wouldyoubesokindtocheck.... Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMar27'14at15:37 user66974user66974 Addacomment  |  1 Toocomplicatedandnotidiomaticallycorrect. Try Wouldyoubekindandcheck or CouldIaskyoutokindlycheck... Afterreadingyourcomment,perhapsyoumean MayIaskyouifyouhavecheckedmyfile? Wouldyoubekindandtellmeifyouhavealreadycheckedmyfile? Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJun15'20at7:40 CommunityBot 1 answeredMar27'14at15:23 mplungjanmplungjan 29.3k55goldbadges7676silverbadges112112bronzebadges 1 ButIwanttoknowthethirdpersonhasckeckedmyfileornotandletsmeknow,Idon'twanttoaskforchecking – HOsseiNSA Mar27'14at15:30 Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedpolitenessoraskyourownquestion. 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