Indirect orders and requests.An order or a request in indirect speech is expressed by an infinitive:
The choice of the verb is determined by the character of the order (request). The verb most commonly used to introduce indirect orders is the verb to tell; the verb to order is frequently used, occasionally also the verb to command. The verb to tell corresponds to the Russian сказать, чтобы and велеть; to order and to command correspond to приказать.
The verb to request is used in official style, chiefly in the Passive Voice. It is best rendered in Russian by предложить. The verb to request introduces rather a veiled order than a request.
Unemotional requests are usually introduced by the verb to ask.
The verb to beg introduces a request somewhat more emotional.
Very often, however, it is used in the same meaning as the verb to ask, only it is more polite:
Emotional (emphatic) requests are introduced by the verbs to implore, to entreat, to beseech (умолять).
The verb to urge introduces a request made with great insistence. It corresponds to the Russian настаивать, уговаривать.
As is seen from the above examples, in converting requests beginning with the emphatic do, we use the verbs to implore, to entreat, to beseech, to urge.
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