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people. If said people don�t meet those undefined standards of good breeding, then their etiquette is at fault. The other part of the definition describes etiquette as being prescribed by authority. There are times when a set of rules are laid out for a specific occasion. When this is not defined, one must decide what action or set of actions is appropriate. It reminds me of the saying �When in Rome, do as the Romans do.� Yet if I were to go to Rome, I�ll still be American, and would have to decide if being in Rome is worth acting like a Roman. Emily Post (whom I will discuss) said �Etiquette is common sense - a code of behavior based on thoughtfulness.� (Hatfield, 61) It�s all very confusing, but there is only one way to look at the whole picture. Etiquette can only be defined in terms of oneself; though rules are available, they are seldom known, and it is a personal decision and preference often depending on one�s situation.
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appropriate manners, not meaningless ritual. (Hatfield, 61)� Having read from front to back the Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette, such a claim seems a far stretch.
Etiquette, whether forced, implied or otherwise, always changes depending upon one�s situation. For social situations, there are rules which may be followed, but don�t always pertain. � Rules for behavior in these situations are not imposed by social leaders, but created by people whose circumstances made them confined and forced to extend the bounds of social behavior� (Dunnan). When people are being �entertained� it is said that that implies food (Miller, 21). And food, in turn, implies that there must be two ...

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