Your manager has invited you to a company dinner on Friday, but you already have another commitment. Choose the reply that best follows the speech norms of polite professional communication.
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Дұрыс жауап
- CThank you for inviting me, but I'm afraid I can't attend on Friday.
Талдау
A reply to a manager should be polite and neutral in register. It should thank the person, soften the refusal and avoid slang. "Thank you for inviting me, but I'm afraid I can't attend on Friday." does all of this: it expresses gratitude, uses the softener "I'm afraid" and the formal verb "attend". "Thanks a lot, but I can't come on Friday because I've got other plans, you know." is too colloquial because of "you know" and "I've got". "No, I won't come on Friday, I have another commitment that evening." begins with a blunt "No" and has no thanks or softening. "Sorry, mate, can't make it on Friday, but maybe next time, okay?" is slang, informal and omits the subject, so it suits a friend, not a manager.