How to ask someone to speak lower and louder?
Which sentences are the correct to ask someone to speak using a lower voice or a louder voice?
Can you please speak lower?
Can you please speak louder ?
Can you please low your voice?
Can you please loud your voice ?
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Which sentences are the correct to ask someone to speak using a lower voice or a louder voice?
Can you please speak lower?
Can you please speak louder ?
Can you please low your voice?
Can you please loud your voice ?
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Can you please lower your voice? Can you please raise your voice? Can you please speak louder? These three sentences seem correct to me
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Which sentences are the correct to ask someone to speak using a lower voice or a louder voice?
Can you please speak lower?
Can you please speak louder ?
Can you please low your voice?
Can you please loud your voice ?
grammar
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Which sentences are the correct to ask someone to speak using a lower voice or a louder voice?
Can you please speak lower?
Can you please speak louder ?
Can you please low your voice?
Can you please loud your voice ?
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Can you please lower your voice? Can you please raise your voice? Can you please speak louder? These three sentences seem correct to me
– Maryam
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Can you please lower your voice? Can you please raise your voice? Can you please speak louder? These three sentences seem correct to me
– Maryam
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Can you please lower your voice? Can you please raise your voice? Can you please speak louder? These three sentences seem correct to me
– Maryam
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Can you please lower your voice? Can you please raise your voice? Can you please speak louder? These three sentences seem correct to me
– Maryam
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Maryam's comment pretty much covers it, although I'll add a few more examples:
Can you speak louder?
Can you raise your voice?
Can you speak up?
Can you speak more loudly?
Can you speak softer?
Can you lower your voice?
Can you speak more quietly?
Feel free to add "please", and/or "Could you ..." to make it more polite. You can also say "Would you ..." to make it more of a demand:
Would you please lower your voice in the library? Thank you.
answered 1 hour ago
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It is more natural to use the adjective / adverb:
Would you speak louder. please?
or
Would you speak a little louder, please?
Would you speak (more) quietly. please?
could you speak a bit softer?
And if someone around you speaking or playing loudly, then you can say something like:
"Would you tone it down a bit, please."
As for
Can you please speak lower?
It may imply that the person should speak while being in a lower position.
But you can say:
Could you lower your voice?
answered 2 hours ago
Perplexed folks
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"Can you please speak lower?" doesn't necessarily imply that someone should speak from a lower position. I would interpret that question as asking the person to lower or deepen the pitch of their voice.
– Katy
1 hour ago
1
I rewrited the sentence: "It may imply..."
– Perplexed folks
1 hour ago
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Maryam's comment pretty much covers it, although I'll add a few more examples:
Can you speak louder?
Can you raise your voice?
Can you speak up?
Can you speak more loudly?
Can you speak softer?
Can you lower your voice?
Can you speak more quietly?
Feel free to add "please", and/or "Could you ..." to make it more polite. You can also say "Would you ..." to make it more of a demand:
Would you please lower your voice in the library? Thank you.
answered 1 hour ago
Andrew
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add a comment |
Maryam's comment pretty much covers it, although I'll add a few more examples:
Can you speak louder?
Can you raise your voice?
Can you speak up?
Can you speak more loudly?
Can you speak softer?
Can you lower your voice?
Can you speak more quietly?
Feel free to add "please", and/or "Could you ..." to make it more polite. You can also say "Would you ..." to make it more of a demand:
Would you please lower your voice in the library? Thank you.
answered 1 hour ago
Andrew
65.6k675145
add a comment |
Maryam's comment pretty much covers it, although I'll add a few more examples:
Can you speak louder?
Can you raise your voice?
Can you speak up?
Can you speak more loudly?
Can you speak softer?
Can you lower your voice?
Can you speak more quietly?
Feel free to add "please", and/or "Could you ..." to make it more polite. You can also say "Would you ..." to make it more of a demand:
Would you please lower your voice in the library? Thank you.
answered 1 hour ago
Andrew
65.6k675145
Maryam's comment pretty much covers it, although I'll add a few more examples:
Can you speak louder?
Can you raise your voice?
Can you speak up?
Can you speak more loudly?
Can you speak softer?
Can you lower your voice?
Can you speak more quietly?
Feel free to add "please", and/or "Could you ..." to make it more polite. You can also say "Would you ..." to make it more of a demand:
Would you please lower your voice in the library? Thank you.
answered 1 hour ago
Andrew
65.6k675145
answered 1 hour ago
Andrew
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answered 1 hour ago
Andrew
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It is more natural to use the adjective / adverb:
Would you speak louder. please?
or
Would you speak a little louder, please?
Would you speak (more) quietly. please?
could you speak a bit softer?
And if someone around you speaking or playing loudly, then you can say something like:
"Would you tone it down a bit, please."
As for
Can you please speak lower?
It may imply that the person should speak while being in a lower position.
But you can say:
Could you lower your voice?
answered 2 hours ago
Perplexed folks
11.1k55180315
1
"Can you please speak lower?" doesn't necessarily imply that someone should speak from a lower position. I would interpret that question as asking the person to lower or deepen the pitch of their voice.
– Katy
1 hour ago
1
I rewrited the sentence: "It may imply..."
– Perplexed folks
1 hour ago
add a comment |
It is more natural to use the adjective / adverb:
Would you speak louder. please?
or
Would you speak a little louder, please?
Would you speak (more) quietly. please?
could you speak a bit softer?
And if someone around you speaking or playing loudly, then you can say something like:
"Would you tone it down a bit, please."
As for
Can you please speak lower?
It may imply that the person should speak while being in a lower position.
But you can say:
Could you lower your voice?
answered 2 hours ago
Perplexed folks
11.1k55180315
1
"Can you please speak lower?" doesn't necessarily imply that someone should speak from a lower position. I would interpret that question as asking the person to lower or deepen the pitch of their voice.
– Katy
1 hour ago
1
I rewrited the sentence: "It may imply..."
– Perplexed folks
1 hour ago
add a comment |
It is more natural to use the adjective / adverb:
Would you speak louder. please?
or
Would you speak a little louder, please?
Would you speak (more) quietly. please?
could you speak a bit softer?
And if someone around you speaking or playing loudly, then you can say something like:
"Would you tone it down a bit, please."
As for
Can you please speak lower?
It may imply that the person should speak while being in a lower position.
But you can say:
Could you lower your voice?
answered 2 hours ago
Perplexed folks
11.1k55180315
It is more natural to use the adjective / adverb:
Would you speak louder. please?
or
Would you speak a little louder, please?
Would you speak (more) quietly. please?
could you speak a bit softer?
And if someone around you speaking or playing loudly, then you can say something like:
"Would you tone it down a bit, please."
As for
Can you please speak lower?
It may imply that the person should speak while being in a lower position.
But you can say:
Could you lower your voice?
answered 2 hours ago
Perplexed folks
11.1k55180315
edited 1 hour ago
answered 2 hours ago
Perplexed folks
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answered 2 hours ago
Perplexed folks
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answered 2 hours ago
Perplexed folks
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"Can you please speak lower?" doesn't necessarily imply that someone should speak from a lower position. I would interpret that question as asking the person to lower or deepen the pitch of their voice.
– Katy
1 hour ago
1
I rewrited the sentence: "It may imply..."
– Perplexed folks
1 hour ago
add a comment |
1
"Can you please speak lower?" doesn't necessarily imply that someone should speak from a lower position. I would interpret that question as asking the person to lower or deepen the pitch of their voice.
– Katy
1 hour ago
1
I rewrited the sentence: "It may imply..."
– Perplexed folks
1 hour ago
1
1
"Can you please speak lower?" doesn't necessarily imply that someone should speak from a lower position. I would interpret that question as asking the person to lower or deepen the pitch of their voice.
– Katy
1 hour ago
"Can you please speak lower?" doesn't necessarily imply that someone should speak from a lower position. I would interpret that question as asking the person to lower or deepen the pitch of their voice.
– Katy
1 hour ago
1
1
I rewrited the sentence: "It may imply..."
– Perplexed folks
1 hour ago
I rewrited the sentence: "It may imply..."
– Perplexed folks
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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Can you please lower your voice? Can you please raise your voice? Can you please speak louder? These three sentences seem correct to me
– Maryam
4 hours ago