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Re:Should error messages apologize? by bambam12897 on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @04:52PM (#7562291)
Without the "Please" the phrase sounds like an order. You don't really want a terminal ordering/telling you what to do.

The "Please" reframes it into a request.

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