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I was referring to a total stranger making a request. In that situation, the polite forms seem desirable. With family and friends they are less important, but still worth teaching children to prevent their suffering needless rejection by those to whom manners are still important.
And I am happy to note that maverick by an alias if now famous, having contributed to M&M.
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