Meaning
ようにしてください requests ongoing compliance with a behavior or state rather than a single immediate action.
Formation
- Dictionary form or ない + ようにしてください: 飲むようにしてください
- It asks for a standing rule, not a single action
When to use it
- Core use
- Requests an action as an ongoing rule or habit
Example
毎日この薬を飲むようにしてください
Please take this medicine every day.
Important notes
- Pay attention to the word form before the construction and to the particles around it.
Common mistakes
- Do not translate the pattern word for word; first identify its function in the whole situation.