Introducing English Linguistics

Excuse me
I’ve got a rather heavy cold. 
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Oh sorry about that excuse me. 
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Thank you is somewhat pragmatically odd in a directive, since its typical
use is to offer thanks for some act that has already been completed:
Yes, thanks very much for that information.
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But thank you in a directive anticipates that the addressee will actually
do what the directive requests. Hence, the use of in advance in the expres-
sion thanks in advance.
(2) English has a formulaic yes/no question beginning with the modals
could or would that is an alternative to equivalent imperative sentences and
that is conventionally associated with polite requests.
okay i’ll give you a minute or two to fill out these forms for Deborah,
and uh, then we’ll get started. um okay uh guys could you pass them
uh this way? 
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