• asseverate
    DEFINITION: (verb) State categorically. SYNONYMS: assert, maintain. USAGE: They descended, passing the man with the pail, who again asseverated that he had let no intruder pass. Discuss […]
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Please RSVP

An office where I’d expect good English follows the typical error pattern when they write:

Please RSVP to America Presents Coordinator

Apparently not everybody knows that R.S.V.P. stands for

Répondez s’il vous plaît (“reply, please“)

So, “Please reply, pleaseseems a little redundant. Also the phrase is commonly used to denote that it is necessary to confirm the attendance while it actually asks for a reply regardless of the guest‘s intention.

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