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Good day all,
I need your advice on the most suitable or formal use of "YES" or "YES PLEASE" when asked a positive question.

There's this sister of mine always inconveniencing and indirectly embarrassing me whenever I use "YES". She immediately reiterates say "YES PLEASE" which I find somewhat annoying when discussing general things. She does the same with "NO" by saying I should instead say "NO THANK YOU".
I feel it's a one-on-one conversation and which our English should be informal no matter how random the conversation gets.

I need your candid opinion on this issue.

Codyt:
Good day all,
I need your advice on the most suitable or formal use of "YES" or "YES PLEASE" when asked a positive question.

I have this elder cousin of mine always inconveniencing and indirectly embarrassing me whenever I use "YES". She immediately reiterates say "YES PLEASE" which I find somewhat annoying when discussing general things. She does the same with "NO" by saying I should instead say "NO THANK YOU".
I feel it's a one-on-one conversation and which our English should be informal no matter how random the conversation gets.

I need your candid opinion on this issue.

It's appropriate and courteous to use "Yes please" or "No thank you" if you are being offered something.

jaybee3:
It's appropriate and courteous to use "Yes please" or "No thank you" if you are being offered something.

Noted thanks. But in a general convo is it all the way needed?

Codyt:
Noted thanks. But in a general convo is it all the way needed?

It's not a necessity but rather polite way of answering questions

Will you like to have some tea? A- Yes. B. Yes, please. The different between A and B respond is courtesy.. which is not really necessary in all kind of convo, be it formal, informal, written and spoken. Unless your cousin is forcibly demandinq you qive him respect.

GeneralQuamdeen:
Will you like to have some tea? A- Yes. B. Yes, please. The different between A and B respond is courtesy.. which is not really necessary in all kind of convo, be it formal, informal, written and spoken. Unless your cousin is forcibly demandinq you qive him respect.

Nice reply. Why do people quest for respect so much? It was just an informal convo.

Codyt:
Nice reply. Why do people quest for respect so much? It was just an informal convo.

I wonder, if i think i deserved to be respected, i'd rather let him realize it himself than to demand it myself. I rank people in my life base on how they respect me, so why force respect in them?