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1、Thank郭建斌fortheintroductionofwritinginvitations.Now,let’stalkabouthowtoreplytoaninvitationletter.Whenyoureceiveaninvitationletter,remembertoreadthewholelettertofindoutsomereallyimportantinformation,especiallythedate,place,occasionandcontact.Thentakeacarefullookattheendofthelettertoseeifther
2、eisa‘R.S.V.P’whichmeans‘pleasereply’.However,ifthereisnot,ashortreplyisalwaysnecessary.Becauseitisabasicsocialmanner.Well,thenextthingistocheckyourscheduletodecidewhethertoaccepttheinvitation.Whenyoufinallymakeupyourmind,itistimetowriteyourreply.HowtowriteareplyThereplyoinvitationshouldbec
3、oncise,andtherearetwokeypointsyouhavetoremember.Someimportantinformationlikedateshouldberepeatedinyourreplyletter.Itimpliesthatyouhavealreadyreadtheinvitationcarefully.Thenyouwillneedtomakeitclearwhetheryouaccepttheinvitationornotinsteadofgivinganambiguousanswer.Youshouldavoidsuchsentencel
4、ike‘I’llcomeifI’mintown.’whichwillmessupthepreparationplanofthehost.Don’tbestingytoexpressyourthanksandhappinessinyouracceptanceletter.Andifyoudecidetorefusetheinvitation,youaresupposedtogiveaproperreasonalongwithyourregretfulletter.Justthesameastheinvitationletter,yourreplycanbedividedint
5、otheformaloneandinformalone.Themostofficialinvitationwillaskyoutocopytheformatofit.However,todayI’dliketointroducethecommonreplytoinvitationamongfriendsandfamilies.Informalinvitationcanberepliedeitherinnotestyleorinletterstyle.Thereplynotecanbereallycasual.Thefollowingreplies,oneforaccepta
6、nce,theotherforrefusal,areinnotestyle.Dec.30Suzy,IjustgotbackfromBeijingandfoundyournote.Iwillbeatyourplaceonthe31statsix.Thanks,CatherineSunday,30thSuzy,IjustgotbackfromBeijingandfoundyournote.IfeelsotriedthatIdonotthinkIcanattendyourdance.Besides,afriendofminefromXi’aniscallingonmetomorr
7、ow.Sorry.Love,CatherineHowever,evenifyouarefamiliarwiththehost,alwaysreplyinanoteismoreorlessimpolite.Herearethreemodelsofcommonreply.Inyouracceptanceletter:1.Openwithathankyoufortheinvitation.2.Giveyourconfirmationmessagewithadelightfultone.3.afteryouhaveprov
