I have an Adviser and I want to ask her a polite question. I need to ask her for an internship. This is what I wrote
I would like to ask you if it is possible to secure me an internship with a software company. I will have like half a month free between the first semester and the second semester.
These activities will increase my experience.
I appreciate your help and support.
I feel like the sentence is not polite, I need to put a word (or any phrase) after the secure word so the sentence becomes more polite. Something like:
if it is possible to thankfully secure me but I don't know if that is correct in English.
Best Answer
In general, it is more polite to ask for help achieving "something" than to ask directly for the "something".
could be rephrased as
First, we turn our thought into a question so that it seems less like a demand, and then we ask if it is possible that she might be able to help. This way even if she can't directly find you a position, she may still be able to help by introducing you to someone who can.
I would also rephrase the second and third sentences:
This isn't English advice, but I can't help but add that in my experience in the US, two weeks is a very short time for an internship. Instead of asking for help getting an internship, you may want to ask for her advice on how to get practical experience during that time.
I was a part time intern for a professor in the Engineering school while I was pursuing my degree, and it worked out well because my work was close to my classes and the university had a process in place for hiring students. A position with an outside company is more difficult to secure because there is a lot more cost in hiring a new intern and they will likely want a longer commitment.