RSVP is the abbreviation of the French répondez s'il vous plait, or "please respond," so your host is asking you for a response to their event, be it a yes or a no. So reply, and reply quickly ...

In Jaime Wyant's experience, many people choose not to RSVP – or don't do it correctly. Here's her common-courtesy lesson of the week: When in doubt, let the hostess know ...

RSVP stands for répondez s'il vous plaît, which means "Please respond," so the "please" is already included. 10. If you need to leave a room, simply say "please excuse me," never "pardon me." ...

We love non-traditional wording for RSVP cards. Here's a picture of our favorite—plus 31 other options for how to do it.

Dear Miss Manners: What is the correct way of wording for my wedding invitations? I don’t want to be rude and just put, “Please RSVP so we can have a head count for the food.” Could we ...

Do the others a favour and respond. RSVP stands for a French phrase, répondez, s'il vous plaît, which means 'please reply'. The person sending the invitati..

People say “Please RSVP” but also “You haven’t sent an RSVP.” So is it a noun or a verb or both? Even I know that the “SVP” part means “please,” so “Please RSVP” is stupid.

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