2012年12月28日 · Demand for high-quality software means that consumers are demanding it; they want to buy it. Demand on high-quality software talks about the performance expectations people have for the software. Demand in would only be used when talking about a category of something. Demand in the consumer software segment has increased by 50% over the last ...

2015年3月20日 · Demand can take an A-Equi infinitive object complement clause (I demand to see the evidence) but not a B-Raising infinitive complement, which is what I demand him to do it is. It can also take an untensed that-clause (I demand (that) he clean my room), but not a tensed one (*I demand that he cleans my room).

2017年8月6日 · And Google's dictionary added 'demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal', which seems appropriate. And they add 'persist in (doing something)', and gave an example: "the heavy studded boots she insisted on wearing". Insist seems to fit the bill. It feels a little closer to Demand, yet much stronger than Ask.

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2013年2月11日 · Really, it's appropriate for legalese where you want to tone things down from an outright demand ("we request that you submit a complaint within 7 days", "we request that you read the terms and conditions before making an order"), but it's not very polite. (You would kindly request someone attend an event in a formal invite, not just request it).

2012年12月31日 · This is a different and fairly widely-used usage, as tchrist says in his answer. Indeed, in 'would you kindly just give up your seat for my great-grandmother', kindly and just are two of the hedging devices (pragmatic markers subset politeness) (the third device is the would you construction) (and the fourth, the winning smile).

2018年1月16日 · to provide or supply what amuses, is desired, or gives pleasure, comfort, etc. (usually followed by to or for): to cater to popular demand; to cater to an invalid. ( intransitive; foll by for or to ) to provide what is required or desired (for): to cater for a need, cater to your tastes

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2020年1月4日 · Used as a verb, the word "request" is only a small step back from "demand." In fact, it is a demand (Quora link) To be more general here, as I have observed, Americans' usage of the English language is far less formal than the UK, most apparent in business situations and formal (nonlegal) documentation.

2017年6月27日 · Necessity, though often interchanged with need, usually carries a far stronger suggestion of an imperative demand or of a compelling cause; as, telephone me in case of necessity (i.e., if in very great need); "as soon as war is declared, every nation or institution must subordinate all other considerations to the necessity of victory" (Inge ...