Is it polite to say "I want to make sure that ..." - English ...

Further, I want to make sure the dates of the courses that will not conflict with my other appointments. It would be appreciated if you could ... EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Isitpolitetosay"Iwanttomakesurethat..." AskQuestion Asked 8years,6monthsago Active 8years,6monthsago Viewed 73ktimes 2 Inaformalletter,isitpolitetoaskinformationaboutdatesandcostinformationbysayingsomethinglike"Iwanttomakesurethat..."? Further,Iwanttomakesurethedatesofthecoursesthatwillnotconflictwithmyotherappointments.Itwouldbeappreciatedifyoucouldsupplymoredetailsaboutthearrangementsandwhatcostitwouldbe. politeness Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedMay3'13at13:39 canoecanoe 2,4261313goldbadges3232silverbadges5151bronzebadges 2 Tobemorepolite,Iwouldreplace"Iwantto"with"Iwouldliketo." – apaderno May3'13at14:19 Thisiskindofculture-dependentandwouldbeanexcellentfitfortheproposedEtiquettesite(notthatit'soff-topichere).Iadviseyoutofollowit,recommendittofriendsandcontributetoitwhenitmakesittobeta.:) – starsplusplus May9'14at11:59 Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Active Oldest Votes 3 There'snothingatallwrongwiththe"Iwanttomakesurethat"partofyoursentence;thepartthatIfindabitobnoxiousfromapolitenessaspectisthepassiveconstruction"itwouldbeappreciated."You'dbemuchbetteroffexpressingyourappreciationdirectlyratherthansimplyallowingforthepossibilitythatsomeunknownobjectsomewherewillbegratified: Further,I'dliketomakesurethatthedatesofthecourseswillnotconflictwithmyotherappointments,soI'dbegratefulifyoucouldsupplymoredetailsaboutthearrangementsandwhattheircostswouldbe. (TherearealsoafewotherminorthingsthatI'vetweaked,particularlytheplacementof"that"inthefirstphrase,andtheuseofthesingularpronoun"it"toreferbacktotheplural"arrangements".) There'sabitofadisconnectinthatyou'vespecifiedthatyoucareonlyaboutthedatesbutthenyougoontoexplicitlyrequestcostinformationaswell;butifyou'vementionedthecostaspectpriortothissentence,it'snotaproblem. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay3'13at14:23 HellionHellion 17.9k33goldbadges4545silverbadges7575bronzebadges 2 Isitalsopolitetosay"Iwouldappreciateitif..."? – canoe May3'13at14:39 Sure,that'sfinetoo. – Hellion May3'13at14:47 Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedpoliteness. FeaturedonMeta Nowlive:Afullyresponsiveprofile Reducingtheweightofourfooter 2021CommunityModeratorElectionResults-V2 Related 2 IsusingtheSimplePastalwaysconsideredamorepolitewaytoasksomething? 0 Wouldyou~?andCouldyou~?andsoon 0 Makearequestinapolitemanner 6 Howmuchmorepolitedoestheword"please"makearequest? 2 Politewaytoask 1 Isthefuturecontinuouscorrecthere?'I'llbewaitingforherresponse.' 1 Askfeedback(formal) HotNetworkQuestions Howcananoceanofseawaterbehavelikehoneywithoutchangingthechemistry? HowcanIfitaglasscooktophoodintoaspacethat'stootight? Agrossofcoloreddots WhyarethehiddenitemsinFireRed/LeafGreensometimesabsent? WhyistheSecondAmendmentstructureddifferentlyfromallotheramendments? Whydoweneedinsulationmaterialbetweentwowalls? Whatifyouhaveadouble-enginefailureafterV1butbeforeVR? ImbalancedDataset:Train/testsplitbeforeandafterSMOTE IdentifyingMotherboardandCPU Puppetforahat Sci-fistorywherepeoplearereincarnatedathubsandamanwantstofigureoutwhatishappening HowcanIstoreoneresultfromaGet-ChildItemasonearrayvalue? WhyisReccepTayipErdoğanallowingtheTurkishLiratoplunge? Islookingforplaintextstringsonanencrypteddiskagoodtest? HowtojustifysmallHomininsnotbeingconqueredby(anatomicallymodern)Humans? Howtoaskfriendnottoleavesoquickly,oratleastletmeknowifhedoesn'tplanonstayingverylong? Waslunarlibrationfirstobservedorfirstpredicted?Ineithercase,whowastheresponsibleparty? Whatistherealnameofthoserivet-likeplasticfasteners? HowdoesoneplayaChaoticEvilcharacterwithoutdisruptingtheplaygroup? ARiddleofSubtraction HowdoyoudealwiththeconceptofclonesandassassinationmissionsinParanoia? EasywayofcalculatingpeaktopeakvoltageofanACvoltagewave Doesthe1xoscilloscopeprobesettingslowdownMHzdigitalsignals? Differencesbetweennumericalpropagators morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings