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Suppose I'm making a casual request, and I want something in between 見てね,
which is more of a command and 見てくれる?, which is more of a request. Is 見てくれて
natural?

Or maybe I'm looking for something else entirely...
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grammar politeness
てくれて for a softened request
見てくれて is ungrammatical at least as a request. 見て is usually enough. 見てくれ is
grammatical but this sounds rather blunt and masculine. 見てちょうだい (an informal
version of 見てください) is another option, but it's not very common in real-life
casual conversations.

In my opinion, "見てね" and "見てくれない?" are both informal **requests** used between
friends and family members. The former is closer to "(Be sure to) watch!" and
the latter is closer to "Can you watch?", so the latter is more reserved.
Still, a child can safely use 見てね to their parents, and the parents will not
feel offended that they were ordered around.

By the way, the following sentence are grammatical as informal requests
between friends:

  * 見てもらって。  
Have someone watch it (for the sake of you/us)

  * 見てあげて。  
Watch it (for the sake of someone).
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