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Etiquette for setting the table

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

This is how most people generally set the table in England where I live and is not an especially formal way of doing it:

  • Lay forks vertically on the left hand side of the plates, with knives to the right of the plates. In other words, plate in the middle, fork on the left, knife on the right.
  • If spoons are necessary for the meal, then lay them horizontally above the plates.
  • Cups should be above the plate and to the right.
  • Bear in mind that all this etiquette is designed for right handed people, based on the fact that most people are right handed.
  • The dishes from which the meals are served should be placed at the centre of the table.
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