Learn · Sentences Polite Requests

Would you be so kind as to clarify this point for me?

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Sentence

Narrator

Would you be so kind as to clarify this point for me?

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Formal Request

Could you please clarify this point for me?

Informal Request

Can you explain this a bit more?

Seeking Further Information

I'm a little confused; could you elaborate?

Polite Inquiry

Would you mind explaining this further?

Rephrased versions

More Direct

Please clarify this point.

Less Formal

Can you explain this to me?

More Concise

Clarify this, please.

Phrases to learn

clarify this point

To make this point clearer or easier to understand.

be so kind as to

A polite way of asking someone to do something.