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 ...

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." ...

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 ...

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 ...

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..

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Even I know that the “SVP” part means “please,” so “Please RSVP” is stupid. And does it mean they want you to respond only if you’re accepting, or even if you’re not?