Could you please vs. Would you mind | WordReference Forums

"Could you please give" or "Would you mind giving" me a piece of paper? I think "would you mind" is more polite. But in your experience, ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Couldyoupleasevs.Wouldyoumind Threadstarter jokaec Startdate Dec9,2016 J jokaec SeniorMember Chinese-HongKong "Couldyoupleasegive"or"Wouldyoumindgiving"meapieceofpaper? Ithink"wouldyoumind"ismorepolite.Butinyourexperience,howoftenyouwoulduse"wouldyoumind"ratherthan"couldyouplease"foraskingasmallfavourinyourdailylife?Thankyou.   PaulQ SeniorMember UK English-England "Wouldyoumindgiving"->isalow-levelcommandencouragingapositiveresponse.Iwoulduseit(oftenbutnotalways)withfriends,equalsandinferiors "Couldyoupleasegive"->is,moreobviously,arequest.Iwoulduseit(oftenbutnotalways)withstrangers,superiorsandfriends. jokaecsaid: howoftenyouwoulduse"wouldyoumind"ratherthan"couldyouplease" Clicktoexpand... Iamtemptedtoanswer"43.728%and38.893%respectivewithotherphrasesmakingthedifference."Idon'tknowaboutyou,butIdonotkeeppreciserecords. Thepointiswithbothphrases:"Theyareusedasappropriate."   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top