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." ...

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 ...

Our expert: Judith Martin, a.k.a. Miss Manners, the etiquette columnist. “Get in touch and say, ‘I’m sorry—I haven’t heard from you. May we expect you?’ At that point, if they say, ‘Well, I don’t know ...

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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