This revelation should come as a relief if you're struggling with how to word a thank-you note to someone ... directors or an outgoing chairman. The wording in the passages below is meant to ...

“Family dinner is always a great time, so we’ll be extra sad to miss it this month. Thank you for the invitation, though, and we look forward to seeing you at the next one.” This is a ...

Dear Miss Manners: A pair of neighbors hosted my wife and me for an impromptu dinner, to which we contributed a nice salad. The food was fine, the apartment lovely. We have sent them a thank-you note.

"To me this is a praise poem. It is my love letter, an invitation and a thank you to Toni Morrison," she says. "It was important for me to let young people in on the fact that Toni Morrison ...

If you do receive an invitation, just remember that gifts are an expression of your goodwill, not a requirement. If the lack of a thank-you note ... when we canceled dinner Dear Abby: I have ...