i want a code for this defition

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Lew

Roedy said:
Ways of making the request polite include.

"I am looking for a Java program that..."

"Does anyone know how to write a program that.."

"Please, could someone write me a program that..."

English requires these circumlocutions. When you leave them out, it
suggests you hold yourself in very high esteem and the person you are
asking the favour of to be your slave, with no choice in whether he
complies.

In this English is a manifestation of a universal social phenomenon. While
forms of (im)politeness vary between societies, they exist in all.

Roedy's site, http://mindprod.com/, has much more great advice in it.

To the OP: to make your communication even clearer, and draw the best
responses, include some details of what you've been attempting to date, and
for what specific situations you seek feedback.
 
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Lasse Reichstein Nielsen

Roedy Green said:
Perhaps for you English is a second language. When you issue a bald
command like that, English-speaking people feel obligated to get angry
with you.

It's somewhat excusable here, since it should be read as the continuation
of the subject, i.e., "... this definition: write a java program ...".

However, writing a message body that only makes correct sense when
read as following the subject is a *very* bad idea to begin with. Not
only because it's so easy to miss.

/L 'And punctuation and capitalization are great inventions too'
 
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Roedy Green

In this English is a manifestation of a universal social phenomenon. While
forms of (im)politeness vary between societies, they exist in all.

The problem is when you violate the norm. In Afghanistan for example
it takes about half an hour just to enter your office because of all
the greeting rituals you must go through with every other person
there.

In the Internet you get many clashes. In India I was blown away with
the extreme respect people paid me, but were downright brutal with
women and the poor.

The anonymity of the newsgroup might tempt people to treat others as
lower status beings. We appear to each other a bit like telephone
operators.
 
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nebulous99

As a toddler, I recall ordering my parents to "go to meeting" when I
was frustrated by their meddling interference. They just burst out
laughing.

Hadn't learned the word "hell" yet, I take it? :)
 
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nebulous99

The problem is when you violate the norm. In Afghanistan for example
it takes about half an hour just to enter your office because of all
the greeting rituals you must go through with every other person
there.

No wonder they're still stuck in the late Stone Age, despite all the
recent aid and peacekeeping activities since the taliban fell.

Goes to show that the problem can be the norm itself sometimes,
especially norms derived from a time when those it applied to didn't
need to be themselves productive (feudal lords most likely).
 

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