Softening orders with will you

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pass me

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that pen

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will ya if we add willya at the end of

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an imperative at the end of an order

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like pass me the pen or give me the pen

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if we add William at the end it makes it

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less direct it makes it more polite and

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it's not very formal but it's a polite

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way of speaking with people like family

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or friends passed without pen will you

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with this intonation merinov a moaner

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pass me that pen will you pass me water

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will you take me to the train station

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will you give me a pound will you give

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me that last slice of pizza will ya

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it's almost direct but at the very end

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of the sentence we make it not direct

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don't use it in formal situations but

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it's a nice way of being polite and

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friendly with family and friends and

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instead of saying will ya at the end we

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could say would you would you would you

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would you okay when we're speaking

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naturally we don't say would you would

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you becomes would you pass me that

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newspaper would you give me a beer would

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you the next way is asking somebody if

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they want to do it instead of saying

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give