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Bookmark or Share- Is it correct to say "I kindly request you to..."?The fancy formal "subjunctive" version has not outpaced the older version in UK usage the way it has in American use. This may be because UK use of the "mandative subjunctive" (also known as the uninflected bare infinitive or the "modally marked" form) is quite a bit less common than the US use of that type of construction. Politesse
- "As on 16 May" vs. "as of 16 May" — which is correct?As of May 16 indicates the start of something; from that time on, while as on May 16 is completely different. As in as on May 16 means such as; like and is used for comparison. As of May 16, 2012 cigarettes are banned in this country. As on May 16, he again failed to attend the conference. Back to your specific example.
- in/on the early morning of May 5 | WordReference ForumsHello, everyone. I know that "on" is correct when we say "on the morning of + a date." But a Chinese English-teaching website says that if we put "early" or "late" before morning, "in" is also acceptable. Is that correct? I made two example sentences to compare. 1. The fire broke out on the...
- What is the difference between 'can', 'could', 'may' and 'might'?I may go to the cinema is very similar to I can go the cinema, but as a native speaker, you know the difference between can and may being that between ability and permission or possibility. Furthermore, modern English, the semantics of can stretches to cover that of may (but only in the area of permission, rather than possibility).
- punctuation - Has the request “May I request you to …” to end with a ...May I request you to kindly collect the brief. The second problem is a social one. If you are writing in a culture that requires more attention be paid to politeness and hierarchy than is required in Chicago, then by all means replace the period with a question mark.
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