Can you use the -masu te form to form requests? Like, can you say
"machimashite kudasai"? (O.o sounds weird huh.)
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grammar verbs politeness て-form
Masu te-form with Kudasai?
Typically the "~mashite" form is only used for pretty specific cases, like
phrases such as "hajimemashite" and sometimes in mid-sentence when speaking
very politely.

But "~mashite kudasai" would be quite unnatural and I have never heard or seen
this used before.

As rhyaeris has pointed out in a comment, I have [an
article](http://selftaughtjapanese.com/2015/02/20/whats-with-the-
japanese-%E3%80%9C%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6-form-mashite/) about this, so
feel free to check it out if you like.

As a general rule, I think it is best for learners of Japanese to stick to a
single "~mashite" per sentence, unless they have become extremely comfortable
with a certain expression or form.
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～ましてください is ungrammatical, because _only one_ (in most cases, _last_ ) _verb
is allowed to take polite form per sentence_ to make that sentence polite.
Since ください is already the polite form of くれ (くださる < くれる), no other polite
verbs allowed.

Strictly speaking, a sentence that consists of multiple [coordinate
clauses](http://www-01.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryoflinguisticTerms/WhatIsACoordinateClause.htm)
allows (or is recommended) to have polite form for each clause, because they
are but independent sentences glued together. て indeed sometimes works as
coordinate conjunction when it leads a clause, which may cause some confusion,
but I could hardly think of a valid setting ～ましてください would separate into two
clause at て.

> 東京の大学に行った **が** 、故郷で就職した。 (only as coordinator)  
>  東京の大学に（○ 行きました／× 行った） **が** 、故郷で就職しました。  
>  _I went to college in Tokyo, **but** got a job in my hometown._
>
> 東京の大学に行く **のに** 、とてもお金がかかる。 (only as subordinator)  
>  東京の大学に（× 行きます／○ 行く） **のに** 、とてもお金がかかります。  
>  _It costs much money to (= **so that** I) go to college in Tokyo._
>
> 東京にも行っ **て** 、シアトルにも行った。  
>  東京にも（○ 行きまし／○ 行っ） **て** 、シアトルにも行きました。  
>  _I went to Tokyo, **as well as** (= **and** I went to) Seattle._
>
> 東京に行っ **て** 、人が変わっ **て** しまった。  
>  東京に（× 行きまし／○ 行っ） **て** 、人が（× 変わりまし／○ 変わっ） **て** しまいました。  
>  _He **has become** totally another man **since** he went to Tokyo._
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