If this seems obvious, I say it because the polite middle classes trivialize arrest.
If this seems obvious, I say it because the polite middle classes trivialiSe arrest.
You can be outrageous, because being polite is boring, and people are quick to strike up funny conversations.
Rather, there should be a "general lowering of standards" in which one would simply stick to three rules: "be pretty clean‚ I mean wash fairly regularly; be polite, because that's the most important thing in the world; and be nice, because that actually makes life a lot easier".
They knew they had to be polite because she was polite.
The meaning of the phrase is not "You will be polite, because I have a gun".
I'm trying to be polite because, of course, if you don't like this column, you may sue me.
"Everyone wants to go to his parties because he is polite, thoughtful and so much fun," said Ms. Hale, who has attended her share of swell parties.
They will buy books out of obligation, just to be polite, because you did a reading in their home, or for a signed souvenir of a fun evening.
