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ifalikson

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Can the word "PLEASE" use in a sentence like this: I please you to come to my house. Heard it from a friend.
 

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No, that would never be said by a native speaker.

I plead with you, perhaps.
 

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Can the word "PLEASE" use in a sentence like this: I please you to come to my house. Heard it from a friend.

Maybe,
I am pleased that you have come to my house.
I am pleased to have you over.
 

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Maybe,
I am pleased that you have come to my house.
I am pleased to have you over.

Thank you and yes, I know that.. Just wondering please as in a form of verb. I understand that please is an adjective. Anyway, thanks and got my answer.
;-)
 

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Thank you and yes, I know that.. Just wondering please as in a form of verb. I understand that please is an adjective. Anyway, thanks and got my answer.
;-)

Yes, "please" may function as a verb, as euncu just wrote above.
However, in your original sentence there is no room for "please" as a verb, as Barb_D already said.
"Please" is not an adjective, depending on the situation it can be an adverb or a verb.

Probably your friend meant "I plead you to come to my house," with the verb "plead" meaning "beg".
 

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Yes, "please" may function as a verb, as euncu just wrote above.
However, in your original sentence there is no room for "please" as a verb, as Barb_D already said.
"Please" is not an adjective, depending on the situation it can be an adverb or a verb.
"Pleased" is an adjective in "I am pleased that you came" = "I am delighted, happy, glad ... that you came".
"Please" is a verb in "It would please me if you came", "Your coming pleases me".

I please you to come to my house. Wrong
It would please me if you came to my house. Right.
 

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"Pleased" is an adjective in "I am pleased that you came" = "I am delighted, happy, glad ... that you came".
"Please" is a verb in "It would please me if you came", "Your coming pleases me".

I please you to come to my house. Wrong
It would please me if you came to my house. Right.

Like what our teacher said
 
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