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324  o - kudasai
              The sentence in  (3), however, is acceptable. This  sentence is derived
              from the  sentence in  (4) ; in  (3) the direct  object marker o has been
              deleted.
                (3)  ~~&Z%TSL\~
                    (Please give me a call tonight.)



           3.  0 - kudasai cannot be used in negative requests.
                (5)  *zo>~;.ikk;@k~hb~?I-TS~~~
                    (Please do not use this pen.)




           0 - kudasai is politer than - kudasai. While there are some verbs which can-
           not be used in the o - kudasai pattern as mentioned in Notes  1 and 2, any
           verb can be used in the - kudasai pattern.

                    (Please look at it.)

                b.  LTTSb'/*%LTSbl,
                    (Please do it.)
                c.  t$%T I%RLICTS~~/%R~SQTTS~~/??%%RTS
                    b~lo
                    (Please clean up by yourself.)
           Note  also  that - kudasai  can  be  used  to  make  negative  requests,  but
           o - kudasai cannot, as in [2].




           In addition, - kudasai can be used with auxiliary verbs which require verb
           te-forms while o - kudasai cannot.
            [31  a.  BT~~QTTS~~ / *%RTbl 3TSbl,
                    (Please look at it before you go.)
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