There
are some ways to offer helps and to respond them. For example:
·
May I help you?
·
Can I help you?
·
Are you looking for something?
·
Would you like some help?
·
Do you need some help?
·
What can I do for you today?
OFFERING
HELP
Or
offering to do something for someone.
If we
classify into their level of formality (situation), consider the speaker and
listener, here they are:
|
INFORMAL
|
NEUTRAL
|
FORMAL
|
|
Can I help u?Let me help
you …
Shall
I …
If you
like I could …
What
can I do to help …?
Would
you like any help …?
Is
there anything I can do …?
I will
…zx
|
Need some help?I’ll do
it for you.
Want a
hand …?
Can I
help out?
You
look like you could do with some help…
|
May I be of
assistant?Might I help at all?
Perhaps
I could assist in some way?
If we
can be any of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us again.
(usually
for written)
|
RESPONDING
HELP
To
respond help, people may accept or refuse an offer of helps. The common respons
for help is “Thank you”. The examples of the responses are:
ACCEPTING
AN OFFER OF HELPS:
|
NEUTRAL
|
INFORMAL
|
FORMAL
|
|
That’s very kind of
you.Yes, please.
If
you’re sure it’s no trouble.
|
Cheers!Thanks very much.
Just
what I needed …!
Lovely!
/ Great!
|
You’re most kind.That’s
extremely kind/good/thoughtful of you.
|
REFUSING
AN OFFER OF HELP
|
NEUTRAL
|
INFORMAL
|
FORMAL
|
|
No, thank you.No,
really, I can manage.
That’s
very kind f you, but …
Don’t
think so, thank you.
No,
it’s all right, really.
Thank
you for offering, but …
No,
don’t bother, really.
|
No, it’s OK.
ThanksThanks a lot, but …
Nice
thought, but …
No,
don’t worry.
|
It’s very good of you to
offer, but …Please don’t trouble yourself about …
That’s
extremely kind of you, but …
I’m
very grateful for your offer. However, …
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Reference:
Blundell,
John. 1982. Function in English. Oxford
University Press
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