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Discover LudwigThe phrase "polite to return" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action or behavior that is considered polite or courteous when it is reciprocated, or returned by the other person. Example: It is polite to return a greeting when someone says "good morning" to you.
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So I thought it only polite to return the favour.
If someone has gone to the trouble of writing a kind message, it's only polite to return their message, saying that you are grateful of such a kind person recognizing your work.
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The audience response was polite at first, but when Stravinsky refused to return and take a bow, it gradually descended into jeers.
There's nothing as evasively polite as somehow managing to miss the question and to return the conversation to something on more neutral ground.
Ever the polite Americans, they apologized over and over, but they just had to return this text or that call.
"If you do intend to return those emails as you clear your email box, always be polite, but challenge yourself to be short and concise," Breininger says.
When someone questions you it is often very polite to question them in return.
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Polite to clients.
He is polite to a fault.
He was even polite to the rats.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com