Will you stop here, please.
Does the sentence express a command or exhortation?
Is it equivalent to say, "Stop here!" or does it have an additional/different meaning?
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is a command - but is more polite than simply using the imperative "stop here". The use of "will" is what makes it sound more like a command than a request, compared to:
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These are not equivalent sentences because of the "here." "Stop here, please," would be a request of a taxi driver, possibly, while "Stop it!" means stop whatever you're doing right now, with no reference to location. As Steve notes, there's a whole spectrum of politeness to these requests. Rule of thumb: the more syllables in the statement, the more polite. |
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