What is the correct form to write an RSVP on your own stationery?
J
Hello, Wally.
Write some variation of the following:
'Joseph Mackenzie and guest, Rachel Helfond, accept with pleasure the invitation to dine with the Stellmans on 15 June 2001.'
Or if you cannot attend, send your regrets:
'I regret that I will not be attending the dinner party, as I must be out of town.'
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Re: Rsvp
it is a french word and means ( please answer)
"Please answer" = "Répondez s'il vous plait"...
It reminds me of when I was a student: I had a summer job in a bank, and they asked me to translate a letter they received from Britain.
It was not very difficult, but I spent some time trying to figure out why the person had written "TOP" at the bottom of the page...
To All Personnel?
Nope.
It wasn't "To Oll Personnel", but:
Turn Over Please...
CQFD
BTW, do you know if there is any equivalent common expression for "Ce Qu'il Faut Dire", "What is to be said"?...
Does not "Ce Qu'il Faut Dire" mean "It needs to be said"? I thought 'il faut' meant "it must be' or 'it is necessary', but my French is quite rusty.
You're quite right, your French is not that rusty, you see.
But I thought "is to be said" conveyed a meaning of general truth, some kind of externality, a form of definite judgement on something, which is how I understand this expression in French.
The most difficult when you learn a language is when you try to make people smile, and you end up just being confusing, and embarrassed...
Being witty is still far from reach for me, I'm afraid
I will speak no more.
I will unsubscribe right now.
(Naaah, I'm just pulling your leg...)
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