How to use please in a sentence. Please and thank you are usually associated with politeness We use them a lot in english Please is a shortening of the phrase, if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you, which is in turn a calque of the french s'il vous plaît, which replaced pray. You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something. To give satisfaction or pleasure
Waiters who try hard to please To have the will or desire Sit down, if you please. (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging See examples of please used in a sentence. Short for if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you[1][2] which is a calque of french s'il vous plaît, which replaced pray
