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Icadia Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
The use of pural forms
"I understand your feelings, but if you want to continue having a social relationship with these people, then politely RSVP with your regrets. To ignore the invitation would be a breach of good manners."
The sentence above is from Dear "abby".
I have a question really important, invaluable to me. Could somebody explain why the plural from(regrets) of "regret" is used there.
When I read this article, I thought if I was the writer, I would use "regret", not regrets, as an uncountable noun. I am really curious to know the reason since I've had some times I don't understand why the plural forms of a noun is used.
In addition, I am wondering if RSVP with a regret is also possible, if so, what the difference between "a regret" and "regrets" and "regret" .
Thanks for reading.
The sentence above is from Dear "abby".
I have a question really important, invaluable to me. Could somebody explain why the plural from(regrets) of "regret" is used there.
When I read this article, I thought if I was the writer, I would use "regret", not regrets, as an uncountable noun. I am really curious to know the reason since I've had some times I don't understand why the plural forms of a noun is used.
In addition, I am wondering if RSVP with a regret is also possible, if so, what the difference between "a regret" and "regrets" and "regret" .
Thanks for reading.
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Hi, "I understand your feelings, but if you want to continue having a social relationship with these people, then politely RSVP with your regrets. " The sentence above is from Dear "abby". I have a question really important, invaluable to me.
- Hi, "I understand your feelings, but if you want to continue having a social relationship with these people, then politely RSVP with your regrets.
- " The sentence above is from Dear "abby".
- I have a question really important, invaluable to me.
- Could somebody explain why the plural from(regrets) of "regret" is used there.
- When I read this article, I thought if I was the writer, I would use "regret", not regrets, as an uncountable noun.
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Hi,
"I understand your feelings, but if you want to continue having a social relationship with these people, then politely RSVP with your regrets. To ignore the invitation would be a breach of good manners."
The sentence above is from Dear "abby".
I have a question really important, invaluable to me. Could somebody explain why the plural from(regrets) of "re
"I understand your feelings, but if you want to continue having a social relationship with these people, then politely RSVP with your regrets. To ignore the invitation would be a breach of good manners."
The sentence above is from Dear "abby".
I have a question really important, invaluable to me. Could somebody explain why the plural from(regrets) of "re
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Just to add to this, "regrets" in this case is a very particular use, applying to whether you accept or decline an invitation. When you decline, you send your regrets. You may see an invitation that says "regrets only" which means you don't call to say you are attending; you call only if you are unable to attend.
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