Saturday, December 1, 2018

word choice - Can I use "You can" rather than "Could you" in restaurants?


I'm learning restaurant English. I tend to use "You can" but my English teacher always corrects me to use "Could you". She is telling me "You don't want your server to be angry".



I think if I say "You can give me a cup of water", "You can give me the check", and the server does get angry, and gives me bad service, I can give him less tip because of the bad service.


Is it OK to use "You can" rather than "Could you"?




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