Requests with てください

Core meaning and form

Attach ください to the て-form: 読んでください; use ないでください for a negative request. It can still sound direct, so service and business settings often use softer or honorific alternatives.

• Form: Attach ください to the て-form: 読んでください; use ないでください for a negative request.
• Core use: This is a clear, standard request used in instructions and polite interaction.
• Context: It can still sound direct, so service and business settings often use softer or honorific alternatives.

Examples in context

Common errors

• Do not select this pattern from an English translation alone; check its attachment and discourse function.
• Keep the surrounding sentence in a consistent plain, polite, spoken, or written register.

Quick summary

• Attach ください to the て-form: 読んでください; use ないでください for a negative request.
• This is a clear, standard request used in instructions and polite interaction.
• It can still sound direct, so service and business settings often use softer or honorific alternatives.