New posts in politeness

Is it rude to say "Thanks for asking"?

meaning grammaticality syntactic-analysis politeness

"Could you Please provide me the details............................"? [closed]

word-choice word-usage syntactic-analysis formality politeness

Is the expression "to float someone's boat" possible outside of "Whatever floats your boat"?

expressions slang politeness

How do I respond to "family emergency"? [closed]

Correct usage of "Could" and "Can" [duplicate]

word-choice tenses politeness subjunctive-mood

Is it offensive to call a Jewish person a "semite"?

word-choice politeness

Can "your reputation precedes you" be used as a negative statement?

phrases idioms politeness

Can "No thanks" be used in place of "No need to say thanks"?

phrases politeness

How can I politely express that "I have understood"?

expressions phrase-requests politeness email

Is it customary to call the former President George W. Bush “W.”, and Mrs. Bush “Bar”, in public?

meaning american-english politeness proper-nouns

Is there any reason why English doesn’t add respectful words in every sentence? [closed]

formality politeness political-correctness honorifics

Is "has made it his business to" polite or impolite?

meaning meaning-in-context formality politeness

What is the expected response to someone saying “Happy Vacations” to you? [closed]

politeness conversation valediction non-native-english

Answer to "enjoy your meal"

conversation phrase-requests politeness

Proper and polite usage of "can you"

politeness email question-mark

'May I speak to....' vs 'May I speak with...' vs 'May I talk to...' [duplicate]

word-choice verbs prepositions politeness conversation

What is the proper response to "Excuse my language"?

politeness conversation

What is another way of saying "we cannot guarantee"?

word-choice vocabulary politeness business-language phrasing

polite way to ask someone to be patient? [closed]

How to reply to "you ok" in British? [closed]

british-english politeness contemporary-english