The reply for "Pleased to meet you"

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"Pleased to meet you".

The reply to this:

1- The pleasure is all mine.
2- Likewise.
3- Me, too.

My questions:

a- What's your opinion about the three replies?

b- How do you reply on the statement above?
 

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"Pleased to meet you".

The reply to this:

1- The pleasure is all mine. 8
2- Likewise. 5
3- Me, too. 0
4- Pleased to meet you too. 10
My questions:

a- What's your opinion about the three replies?

b- How do you reply on the statement above?

Scale of 1 to 10.
 

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Thanks for your nice comment.


Pleased to meet you too


Is there any need to add comma after "you" in:

Pleased to meet you
, too.
 

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I wouldn't expect to hear "The pleasure is all mine" except on very formal occasions.

My preference would be for "Pleased to meet you too" - no comma. I don't like "Me too" but you might hear "You too" which is just a shortened form of "Pleased to meet you too".

The rather informal "Same here" or "Same for me" might be heard too but they're not very polite.
 

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Is there any need to add comma after "you" in:

Pleased to meet you
, too.

The above conversational exchange is not often written down. In speech, a comma — or lack of one — is not an issue.
 

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