Does including です and お makes sentences more polite? If so why?
Example: おひさしぶり, おひさしぶりです .
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yes, お and です make it more polite.
not sure about about your question "why?"...
that's the way Japanese language is. お is honorific-polite-humble prefix and です polite copula.
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You may also want to keep in mind that the suffix ご is also used in the same way the suffix お is. The former is used with words originating in China, and the latter is used with Japanese words.
ごちそうさまでした (Thanks for the meal)
ごちゅういください (Please be careful/exercise caution)
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