Please respond. 2w. E lected officials should listen and respond to their constituents. Because of the chaos in Washington, I have been regularly calling my representatives at the federal level: ...

The phone rings. You answer. “May I speak with Ms. XYZ?” the caller asks. You’re Ms. XYZ. How do you reply? A reader in Orange County isn’t sure.

It means “please respond.” Yes, as those of you who did ace high school French will point out, the phrase is actually “if you please,” but the “if” is not supposed to be taken literally.

How much time do you spend writing and rewriting difficult emails? If you’re like me, it’s quite a bit. When someone doesn’t reply to my email, I tend to tell myself self-deprecating stories ...

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