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For apologizing or dealing with apologies from others, as well as how to make one and also how to accept one in a certain way.

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How do I respond to someone apologizing for coughing/yawning?

My grandfather, who was a man of great class and tact, believed that the proper response to someone excusing themself after a bodily sound (burp, cough, etc) was a gracious but casual, "Certainly." T …
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