The phrase "confirming dinner" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to verify or finalize the details of a dinner arrangement.
Example: "I am just confirming dinner plans for Saturday at 7 PM."
Alternatives: "finalizing dinner" or "verifying dinner arrangements."
(Full disclosure: I have, at times, used my university e-mail to remind my wife to feed the cats, confirm dinner plans with friends, etc).
Making a brief phone call to confirm dinner reservations or a flower delivery gives an excuse out of the building and for Vitamin D and better reception and privacy.
As we furiously mined our contact list, I wondered: Could we really get 80 people to financially commit to a cruise that would take place in about nine months, given that we were reaching out to many who not only had never been on a cruise before (true of about 90 percent of those who eventually signed up) but who also sometimes had trouble confirming their dinner plans for the weekend?
It took a moment for me to realize that he was calling from Distilled to confirm my dinner reservation.
BT would not confirm that dinner was ever planned, let alone cancelled.See article: BT's debt disasterMoney talkWall Street's investment banks have suffered from America's economic malaise.
In the last 10 minutes, I've returned some work emails, paid a bill, bought a present online, confirmed a dinner reservation, and remembered to add milk to my grocery list.
"We're making headway," Mr. Baucus said cautiously on Thursday, confirming the Wednesday dinner, "but it's important the Senate does not box itself out with legislation on the floor too quickly".
From speaking on cordless phones at home to texting a colleague during a break at work, from updating your Facebook status at a family dinner to confirming that staff meeting during date night with your spouse, the restroom has become less a place to powder your nose and more a place to put your nose to the grindstone.
Although the WHCA released a statement confirming that the April 29 dinner was still on, the association still hasn't secured a comedian host, leaving many wondering if the dinner will still go on as usual.
I never got a confirming report from my dinner-meeting colleague on Strattera.
