How do I ask a professor to read a draft without sounding demanding?

Use four sentences in this order: context, a bounded ask, a date, and an exit. The exit is what removes the demand, because it says what happens if the professor says no. Keep the request to a named section rather than the whole draft, and drop the apology sentences, which add length without adding information. A request that can be answered in ten minutes reads as considerate; a request that could take an hour reads as demanding, however politely it is written.

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