Asking politely
You walk into a building you have never into before. You are looking for John Walker's desk. You see a person you don't know in the hallway. What are three ways you can politely ask where you can find John.

Question

Asking politely
You walk into a building you have never into before. You are looking for John Walker's desk. You see a person you don't know in the hallway. What  are three ways you can politely ask where you can find John.

Answer

Excuse me, do you know anyone named John Walker who works here?

Excuse me. I'm looking for someone named John Walker. How can I find out where he works?

Excuse me. Can you help me find someone named John Walker?

Always say "Thank you" at the end!

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"Excuse me, do you know where John Walker's desk is?"
"Hello, can you please tell me where John Walker's desk is?"
"Excuse me, would you please show me to John Walker's desk?"

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Thanks, I know that I will improve sooner if all questions are answered by myself firstly, But I do want to know how native speaker to answer them when they face on some special situation. I am not have any answer but I just want to know what are more local answers?

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nina.yang, you should try first and write your answers. Then people will correct your answer. You can learn better from your mistakes :)

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Yes, it is.

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