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Wangqh2696122 Posted 12 years ago
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Is the response to "Thank you!" proper?
Is the response proper? Thank you in advance!
"Thank you for your meal, but I will pay." "You should do nothing of the sort. You are my guest"
"Thank you for your meal, but I will pay." "You should do nothing of the sort. You are my guest"
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It's quite okay to be 'assertive' (your 2nd person) and insist on paying, even to the point of dismissing the other person's idea of paying. But if the other person (your 1st person) responds to that by also asserting, then you need to insist on each taking a share, because it doesn't do to have two people asserting they will pay. d
- It's quite okay to be 'assertive' (your 2nd person) and insist on paying, even to the point of dismissing the other person's idea of paying.
- But if the other person (your 1st person) responds to that by also asserting, then you need to insist on each taking a share, because it doesn't do to have two people asserting they will pay.
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It's quite okay to be 'assertive' (your 2nd person) and insist on paying, even to the point of dismissing the other person's idea of paying.
But if the other person (your 1st person) responds to that by also asserting, then you need to insist on each taking a share, because it doesn't do to have two people asserting they will pay.
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But if the other person (your 1st person) responds to that by also asserting, then you need to insist on each taking a share, because it doesn't do to have two people asserting they will pay.
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