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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Please take your seat

Hi

Are all of these natural utterances?

(to a guest)

Please take a seat.
Please take your seat.
Please sit down.
Be seated please.

Thanks,

Tom
  

Top answer

The third, more than the others, could be taken as rude.

— Mister Micawber

  • The third, more than the others, could be taken as rude.
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The third, more than the others, could be taken as rude.
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Thanks, MM.

Just to make sure I understood your answer...

Is 'Please be seated' a natural utterance (and not too stilted) in a school or office atmosphere?

Teacher to students or Principal to a guest

Please be seated. I'll be back in a minute.

Tom
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Right. Or at least that works for me.
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