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Ⅲ Invitation Etiquette（第1页）

Ⅲ。Invitatioe

It’sftokheinvitatiosostickwiththefollowiehelpandyouiway。Yourinvitationsshouldreflectthestyleoftheparty，forexampleformal，semiformalorevenabackyardparty。

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Traditionally，itissuggestedtosendoutinvitatioweeksbeforeyourevent。Weheary“Eighte’vefoundthisisagoodideawithformaleventsandweddings，itisjustnotpossiblewithmostevery-dayevents。Somepeopledidhinkabouthavingapartyuntil2-6weeksbeforetheirevent。Itisclearthat，thesooneryouuests，thebetter，butdoressyououtorpreventyettiiomihinggoesandmuchispossiblethesedays。

Ifyouknapartyforaisseveralmonthslater，sidersendie”card。Thisissimplyauestlistthatyouareplaforthatdateandtomarktheirdarssothey’llbereadywheailsfollowbyinvitatiohepartydateafterthedetailshavebeeheDatecardsarealmostayforeventstakingplaholidayweekewillrequireoutofstatetravelfuestsoraweddingtoeioscheduledforthesametime。

◇Ifashavetoflytoyourevent，youshouldgivethematleast6weeksnotice。

◇Foraveryofficialcelebratiuestsmayprefertapreseooshouldbegiveice。

◇Anall-dayopeionhoweverhavesomeflexibilityandinvitationsdoobeseo4weeksbeforetheevent。N。B。Ifit’sathemedpartythenyoumaywahemslightlylooprepareae。

◇Ifyanizedwellaheadtheschedule，sidersendiecard。Yuestssimplyplaimeandbeassuredthataformalinvitewillarriveiime。

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&hehost（s）hostess（es）iviy。

◇Thepurposeoftheinvitation:Abirthdayparty，awedding，aholidayopenhouse。

◇Nameofhohdaypersoo-be，thebrideandgroom）。

◇Dayaheparty（Saturday，August29thorifitisformal，Saturday，thetwenty-ninthofAugust）。Lookatyourdartothedateasihe29thofAugustisreallyonaSaturday。

◇Foraformalevent，iheyeara（twothousandandfour）。

◇Time（6:00p。m。，orforformalevehetimesuchassixo’theevening）。

◇NameofPlace（Opah’sRestaurant）。

◇LoofPlace（streetaddress，dstateifinvitingoutoftownozipcode）。

◇Appropriateattireifitisahyourparty（donotuseonformalinvitatioshouldbetheclueastotheappropriateattire）。

◇Prseveraltimesformistakesandotteninformation!Evenhaveafrie。

■WyourInvitation

◇Allexpressionisihirdperson。Example:JohnandSallyahoftheirson。。。DohofoursonorSmith&vitesyoutoourAnnual。。。

◇Donotuseabbreviations。Example:SpelloutwordssuchasRoad，Street，andstatenames—ia。

◇Days，datesarealelledfullyandwithion。Example:Moember。

◇TimesandyearsshouldbespelledoutifitisweddingorformalinvitationsExample:Fouro’theafternoonTwoThousandFour。（Hint:The“o”in“o’cloevercapitalized。）

◇Punittedattheendofthelines。（noas，periods，s，etc。）Example:JohnandSallyiojointhefuheperiod）。

◇asbeusedtoseparateinformationthatappearsonthesamelineExample:November14，2004orRoewYork

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&inganinvitatiohefollowingfactorsshouldbeborneinyourmind:

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