Please, could you tell me the meeting date? Could you tell me the meeting date, please? More polite than sentence 6. That's not to say there aren't other ways to put it (even more, or less politely). I merely considered some likely alternatives while keeping the rest of the sentence fixed.
politeness - "Please, tell me" vs. "Could you tell me" - English ...
Suppose you want to ask someone to do something, say to tell you the way to a station. Which is more polite, "Would you tell me the way to the station?" or "Could you tell me the way to the station?"?
Sometimes, I have noticed that people, who are around me say sentences like: You tell to John. instead of something like You tell John. Please tell, is there any meaning difference in these two?
meaning - "Tell to someone" or "tell someone"? - English Language ...
Please let me know vs Please tell me. There's no difference in meaning, but the former is a bit formal and the latter is more common and informal in everyday speech.
Do you know, "What can you do to fix the situation?" Tell me where he goes on Tuesday evenings? Tell me, "Where does he go on Tuesday evenings?" These kind of inversions are common in English, and are often slightly more formal or literary (or at least affected). They therefore can be more dramatic in context.
'tell me what I should do' vs 'tell me what should I do'
Did you not tell me/Didn't you tell me? Grammatically, both of the sentences are correct. The first negative question, which is uncontracted type, is usually used in formal English. On the other hand, the second negative question, which is contracted type, is very much common in both spoken and written English. They are almost similar in meaning,