Please clean up used seats for the next person?

[JayS_]

Hello, I'm going to make some notice signs.
So I need to write some English phrases on them.

However, because I am not native in English, I am not sure if my expressions are natural and grammartically proper.
Please, check my 10 phrases and let me know if there are grammar mistakes or unnatural expression.
Also, if you have a better expression, please teach me.

1. A single sheet of paper towel is enough.

2. Throw away all trash in the trash bin to avoid clogging the toilet.

3. No Food Allowed.

4. Washing your hands properly can protect everyone from COVID-19.

5. Please, keep your cell phone on silent.

6. Please, be careful not to make noise.

7. This is a space for studying. Please, be considerate of each other.

8. Please, pay attention to seperate collection for recycling.

9. Please, clean up used seats for the next person.

10. Please, be considerate so that everyone can share it.

Thank you

 

[tedmc]

Hello, I'm going to make some notice signs.
So I need to write some English [STRIKE]phrases[/STRIKE] sentences on them.

However, because I am not a native in English; I am not sure if my expressions are natural and grammatically [STRIKE]proper[/STRIKE] correct.
Please check my [STRIKE]10 phrases[/STRIKE] ten sentences and let me know if there are grammar mistakes or unnatural expressions.
Also, if you have [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] better expressions, please[STRIKE] teach me[/STRIKE] let me know.

1. A single sheet of paper towel is enough.
What do you mean? Enough for what?
Perhaps: Help save the environment; use one sheet only (presumably it is posted on a towel dispenser)

2. Throw away all trash in the trash bin to avoid clogging the toilet.
Please throw all trash/rubbish into the trash bin, not the toilet/wc.

3. No Food Allowed.
Where?

4. Washing your hands properly can protect everyone from COVID-19.
Observe COVID-19 precautions - Wash your hands frequently.

5. Please, keep your cell phone on silent.
Please keep your phone on silent mode.

6. Please, be careful not to make noise.
Please be quiet/observe silence.

This is a space for studying. Please, be considerate of each other.
This is a study area. Please be quiet.

8. Please, pay attention to separate collection for recycling.
Please throw trash/rubbish into the designated recycling bins.

9. Please, clean up used seats for the next person.
Please clean the seat (what seat?) after use.

10. Please, be considerate so that everyone can share it.
Share what?
Please be considerate of others; keep this place/facility clean and tidy.

Thank you

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[Tarheel]

I like all of tedmc's suggestions except for the first one. (The original is probably just right, and his suggestion is too long. (It probably wouldn't fit on the sign.))

Do people there really need to be told not to throw trash in the toilet? (It's hard to imagine that that's a major problem.)

 

[Rover_KE]

I agree with Tarheel.

Welcome to the forum, JayS.:-D

Did you notice that tedmc correctly left out the commas you put after every 'please'?

 

[tzfujimino]

Thank you all.
I think I'll use those at my workplace, too.

 

[tedmc]

I like all of tedmc's suggestions except for the first one. (The original is probably just right, and his suggestion is too long. (It probably wouldn't fit on the sign.))

A single sheet of paper towel is enough.

Do you mean the sentence is alright as it is? It does not make sense to me. It begs the questions: enough for what and why is one sheet enough?

Do people there really need to be told not to throw trash in the toilet? (It's hard to imagine that that's a major problem.)
It is a problem in many Asian countries except the more developed ones like Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. People are generally not civic-minded.

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[PeterCW]

"Please throw trash/rubbish into the designated recycling bins."

In BrE "rubbish" would be taken to mean non-recyclables.

"Do people there really need to be told not to throw trash in the toilet? (It's hard to imagine that that's a major problem.)"


There are a variety of personal hygiene products that that are regularly flushed, causing problems in the drainage system.

 

[Rover_KE]

It would have helped if JayS had told us where these notices are going to be displayed,

Not all of them are intended for the toilet/restroom.

 

[Tarheel]

To #6. For first one, the context would probably make a difference.

I didn't know that. (The consequences of throwing trash in the commode are made evident rather quickly.)

 

[PeterCW]

To #6. For first one, the context would probably make a difference.

I didn't know that. (The consequences of throwing trash in the commode are made evident rather quickly.)

Very quickly in the UK. In BrE a commode is simply a pot built into a chair with no link to the sewerage system. With indoor plumbing they aren't in huge demand these days.

 

[Tarheel]

Interesting. In American English toilet is a word used for the room itself.

I learn something new every day.

 

[tedmc]

"Commode"is a new word to me too. We call that a toilet bowl or water closet (wc). Clogging of wc's is a common problem with public toilets..

 

[GoesStation]

Interesting. In American English toilet is a word used for the room itself.

I learn something new every day.

It's a common word for the fixture, too, which is also known as a commode.

 

[Tarheel]

I knew that.

 

[Rover_KE]

It's a common word for the fixture, too, which is also known as a commode.

It isn't in British English.

Here, a commode is a movable toilet for the use of bedridden and infirm people. It's a chair with a hole in it and a potty underneath. [click]

 

[GoesStation]

It isn't in British English.

Here, a commode is a movable toilet for the use of bedridden and infirm people. It's a chair with a hole in it and a potty underneath.

That's a bedside commode here.

 

[SoothingDave]

My American sensibilities find using "toilet" for the room, as is done in many other cultures, to be a bit rude. Men's room, restroom, bathroom, little boy's room all are more pleasing to the ear and mind.

The "toilet" is the fixture itself. "Commode" is old fashioned.