English is like the Egyptian pyramids—full of mysteries, surprises, and less-heard-of areas. Although you wield it every day for various purposes, no one can ever claim to have stepped on every corner of the English maze. Cracking its conundrums and headscratchers, particularly those that slip past our nose every day, always brings amazement and subconsciously embeds in our mind the precious knowledge acquired. Let’s set sail to these unfamiliar corners of English!

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Politeness is a must-have component of any piece of communication. Like any communicative element, politeness comes out in different grammatical ways, making us not confined to the handy "please" construction. Check out some other techniques in evincing politeness in the lens of grammar.