Is it correct to say "my pleasure"?

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shirin mor

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Dear teachers

my hausband was in hospital and a friend of mine enquired after him.I sent a sms for her and thanked her and she replied in English"my pleasure".
Could you please tell me her answer is correct or not.

I Apologize in advance if I made a mistake in my writing.

thank you

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My husband was in hospital and a friend of mine enquired after him.[space]I sent an sms to her and thanked her and she replied in English[space] "my pleasure".

Could you please tell me whether her answer is correct or not.

[STRIKE]I Apologize in advance if I made a mistake in my writing.
[/STRIKE]Unnecessary—we can see you have tried hard to get it right.:-D


Shirin

Welcome to the forums, Shirin.

'My pleasure' is an appropriate response to a message of thanks.

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We normally capitalise "SMS" (Short Message Service). Also, in BrE, we tend to refer to it as a "text message" or just a "text".

I sent her a text to say thank you.
 

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Welcome to the forums, Shirin.

'My pleasure' is an appropriate response to a message of thanks.

Rover
:up: It means 'It was a pleasure for me to do it, and therefore there's no need to thank me.'

[thinks]

There are two elements in the convention:
(It was a pleasure for me to do it) + (There's no need for thanks.)

English omits the second element; Spanish - No hay de qué - omits the first.

[/thinks]

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Yes, "My pleasure" would be an appropriate response to the compliment "Thank you very much". You could also say, "the pleasure was all mine" (usually in response to something like "Thank you, I had a great time") or "It was a pleasure to meet you" or "It was a pleasure seeing you after such a long time".
 
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