May I ask which address I should get this stuff mailed to?

[it-is-niaz]

Could you please check the following?

1. May I ask which address I should get this stuff mailed to?
2. May I ask to which address I should get this stuff mailed?
3. May I ask where I should get this stuff mailed to?

 

[jutfrank]

What address should I mail this stuff to?

 

[it-is-niaz]

What address should I mail this stuff to?

Thank you. But I don't want to mail it by myself. The post office will do that. Why you didn't use "get/have this stuff mailed"?

 

[Tarheel]

No. The post office will deliver it. You mail it when you put the letter (or parcel) in the mailbox or take it to the post office.

 

[Rover_KE]

it-is-niaz, please note that jutfrank and those of us who liked his post don't see any good reason to begin your question with 'May I ask'.

 

[teechar]

Also note that "stuff" is quite informal. Can you be a bit more specific as to what you're trying to send?

 

[ClareW]

Could you please check the following?

1. May I ask which address I should get this stuff mailed to?
2. May I ask to which address I should get this stuff mailed?
3. May I ask where I should get this stuff mailed to?

As a British English speaker, I'd say "Which address would you like this stuff to be posted to?" Or "Where would you like me to post this stuff?"
For the first question, you might have more than one possible address; while the second question makes no such assumption.

 

[Yankee]

First, #'s 1 & 2 would be understood between the speaker and the listener as to the correct address for delivery. Second, the "May I ask.. " is simply a polite way to introduce the question. Third, #2 would be my preference to be both grammatically correct and understood to want information on the delivery address. Fourth, #3 could be interpreted to want info on the source of the mailing.

 

[it-is-niaz]

Can you be a bit more specific as to what you're trying to send?

I have filled some documents and now I need to mail them to a specific address. But I don't know which address I should mail them! I wanted to ask someone who is in charge of it in a university.
Now post #2 makes me confused as I was trying to use causative form of a verb but it seems that I didn't have to use it.

 

[teechar]

There's no need to be confused. Use the sentence suggested by jutfrank in post #2, and consider using, e.g., "these documents", "these forms" or "the application" instead of "this stuff".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

As a British English speaker, I'd say "Which address would you like this stuff to be posted to?" Or "Where would you like me to post this stuff?"
For the first question, you might have more than one possible address; while the second question makes no such assumption.

As an American, I'd only use which if it were a choice of a limited number of places. And #3 suggests that it's not. So in American English, we'd say "What address," not "Which address."

Which gets more use in British English than in American.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

. . . "May I ask.. " is simply a polite way to introduce the question. . . .

There's nothing wrong with starting with "May I." But is there something rude about just saying "What address should I mail this to?" Is it more polite to ask permission to ask a question before asking the question? It could be seen as somewhat burdensome:

Me: May I ask what address I should mail it to?
You: Yes, you may.
Me: Thank you. What address should I mail it to?

I'm not a teacher. I'm just wondering.

 

[Tarheel]

Second, the "May I ask.. " is simply a polite way to introduce the question.

May I ask who you are explaining that to?

:?:

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

May I ask who you are explaining that to?

:?:

Yes, you may.

 

[Tarheel]

Yes, you may.

:lol:

 

[ClareW]

Yes - we'd use "which" when there are a limited number of options. Because you wouldn't really have an unlimited number of options for your address (you might have a few, but not countless), that's why I'd use "which" rather than "what".

Interesting what you say about British English speakers using "which" more than American English speakers. I didn't know that!

 

[it-is-niaz]

May I ask who you are explaining that to?

:?:

Sure. I was trying to file a tax and then mailed it and wanted to ask for an address.

 

[emsr2d2]

I was trying to file a tax return [STRIKE]and then mailed it[/STRIKE] by post and wanted to ask for [STRIKE]an[/STRIKE] the address.

The simplest way to say this is "Where should I send it?"