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RSVP is indeed French and it stands for répondez s'il vous plaît. It literally means "please respond". RSVP is now a fixed idiom, even in French. If you spell it out in English, very few people will understand what you mean. You are better off keeping it as an acronym or coming up with something that is purely English if you don't want an ...
2011年11月2日 · 6. RSVP means répondez, s’il vous plaît – “please reply.”. While Thesaurus.com lists RRSP as a synonym of RSVP, the link for RRSP takes you right back to RSVP. This person faced the same dilemma of seeing RRSP on an invitation: At the bottom of the invitation, it says “RRSP” – which is, obviously, the acronym for “Registered ...
5. This question already has answers here: Closed 13 years ago. Possible Duplicate: Past participle of a verb created from an acronym. Since RSVP has morphed into a verb, I was wondering the correct way of using its past tense. "Only 1 person RSVP'd to my event." "Only 1 person did RSVP to my event." "Only 1 person RSVPed to my event."
2014年8月28日 · Without additional information, 'due by MM-DD-YYYY' has a fair chance of meaning: Due at or before 11:59:59 PM on that date - that is, before the specified day ends. Due at or before 11:59:59 PM on the previous date - that is, before the specified day begins.
2011年5月12日 · The conventional meaning of the abbreviation is (from New Oxford American Dictionary): RSVP. répondez s'il vous plaît, or please reply (used at the end of invitations to request a response) Modern usage of the term has pushed the boundaries of its use, and the Corpus of Contemporary American English includes examples of it being used as ...
Furthermore, I realized that, since RSVP means that each invitee should reply (independently of the attendance ability), there's no unambiguous opposite. There could be, e.g. reply-only-if-you're-coming or reply-only-if-you're-not-coming. Moreover, that acronym is used mostly for confirmation of attendance at social gatherings and, sadly, is ...
2012年8月29日 · Aug 29, 2012. #5. Cenzontle said: I think these abbreviations use apostrophe-d, like this: Have you RSVP'd? See graph. For what it's worth, the Chicago Manual recommends (in regard to plurals, since as far as I can tell they don't discuss the issue of past tenses) SOSs, CODs, IOUs, etc. But as you say, the use of the apostrophe is quite common ...
2012年2月29日 · RSVP or Rsvp (or either of these with a period inserted after each letter) is a request for a response from the invited person. It is an initialism derived from the French phrase répondez s'il vous plaît, meaning "Please respond if it pleases you."
2016年8月26日 · Aug 26, 2016. #2. As you have realised, a message worded like this could lead to people being confused. And I don't suppose your boss needs to know who's not coming. I would suggest 'Please let me know by August 31st if you intend to come to the barbecue.'. If you have to use RSVP, note you don't need 'please' since it is already included ...
2008年12月29日 · RSVP meaning. RSVP is an abbreviation of the French phrase répondez s’il vous plaît , or in the English language, “reply, if it pleases you.” Conversationally understood by the French as an imperative, not an option.
