What is RSVP or R. S. V. P.

RSVP or R.S.V.P. comes from French (réspondez s-il vous plait) and means "please answer". If you receive an invitation with R.S.V.P., Regrets only, it means that you answer only in the case you have to decline the invitation. You do not need to send any confirmation of your presence if you want to come.

Points to keep in mind while writing letters

Modern media like fax or e-mail are mostly used to send messages. But letters, especially official, still have not lost their importance although they are not sent by post so frequently as a few years ago. Here are some dos and donts about writing official letters.

Keep to the layout given below if you use unheaded paper. Some companies use a different format, but by using the format presented on

International Standard For Letter Writing

From

To

Dear Sir,

Sub:

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