: Re: Is the phrase “You are requested” polite or rude? I along with my guide wrote a research publication, which had to be sent to a journal for the purpose of review. My professor wrote the

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I would say it 'sounds' pretentious for this reason—

"you ARE requested" uses the 'passive voice' – which talks about 'state'*, over action. This implies that an [perhaps] authority** other than the speaker/writer has issued an outstanding request; it removes the human agency from the request by removing the issuer of the request from the explicit statement.

Instead, try: "I request..." or the more deferential "I would request". It becomes clear, without pretense or much [frothy] implication, who requests.

* the state of BEING requested

** or else, why would anyone care who issued the request, if that issuer falls below the threshold of authoritative? The delivery of the statement itself implies the there-presupposed significance of the issuing authority.

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