By Invitations, Conversations

Hi, 1.If someone says 'No' politely, could we use all these terms like 'refuse' 'decline' 'turn down' and 'reject'? Of these choices, only 'decline' sounds polite. It's fairly forma,l more for wroiting than speaking. 2.If someone says 'NO' impolitely, which would be better to use? Of these...

To crash a party is to attend without an invitation. Your conversation can be paraphrased this way:A: I hope I'm welcome at this party.B: Of course!

Inchoateknowledge wrote:Yong,Slightly formal means it is slightly more frequent that this construction appears in formal speech than in informal one. Why did you think it is more like informal to say number has I had the impression that 'formal' is more correct, while 'informal' means that it...

hello, plese help me to write business invitation letter. our organization would like to invite some persons from other company from other country who is in the same line, but more serious and expierenced. our organizations have had good relationships before and they are very friendly and helpful...

I've been told that must/have to are used interchangeably. However, my English text books say that the difference is some context considerable. What is your view on this? I don't know of any context in which the difference might be described as considerable. Perhaps you should post some...

1. I assume this is an invitation. As such, Do you ...? is impossible. It will have to be Would you ...? Would you like to have dinner with me? invites someone to experience everything about the meal -- meeting, going to the restaurant, ordering, enjoying the conversation, paying the...

It doesn't seem like a conversation. There is only one person speaking, as far as I can tell. I came here to do some experiments at the invitation of the professor, but I'm only here for six months, and I'll be leaving next month. Presumably, the identity of the professor is...

" I came here for doing some experiments as per the prof. invitation and ( then ) the period of work is six month only next month i am leaving " Thanks

Goodman wrote: If you come to visit me in my office, my secretary will probably say “Won’t you please have a seat? Would you like a cup of coffee/ tea while waiting for Mr. Goodman?”. Well to understand what adding one 'please' really does I'll explain the situation in a plane. When you...

We use "RSVP" quite often. In very formal situations, we may say something like "The favor of a reply is requested." But that would look ridiculous on a child's birthday party invite, for example. We also use RSVP as a noun (however improper this may be) by saying things like "I've only gotten...