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How to set the table - Anna Post

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Can't remember where your soup spoon ought to go? What about your salad fork? Knowing how to set a traditional table can seem like antiquated etiquette -- but it can come in handy! Anna Post, great-great-granddaughter of etiquette expert Emily Post, shows how to set a table with a plate full of tips and tricks to boot -- even your grandmother will be impressed.

Water, wine ("wa" and "wi"). A, I. They go in order alphabetically from left to right. The water is always placed to the left of the wine. What's another good acronym?

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