My pleasure is a polite reply to thank you: you're welcome, I was glad to help. It sounds warmer and slightly more formal than No problem, so people often say it to guests, customers and colleagues. The full form is It's my pleasure or It was my pleasure.
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Thank you → My pleasure. / It was my pleasure.; it's my pleasure to + verb (formal)
- 'Thanks for waiting with me at the station.' 'My pleasure, I wasn't in a hurry.'
- 'Thank you for the room upgrade.' 'It's my pleasure, sir. Enjoy your stay.'
- It's my pleasure to welcome you all to this year's sales conference.
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First version'Thank you for showing us around the campus.' 'With pleasure!'
Revision'Thank you for showing us around the campus.' 'My pleasure!'
With pleasure means “gladly”: you use it to agree to a request or an invitation, something that still has to be done. When someone thanks you, the thing is already done, so the reply is My pleasure, meaning “I was happy to help”.
My pleasure and You're welcome are close, but My pleasure sounds warmer, like “it was a pleasure for me”, which is why you often hear it in hotels and restaurants. At the start of a formal speech, It's my pleasure to… means “I'm glad to…”: It's my pleasure to introduce our next speaker.
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'Thank you so much for booking a taxi to the airport for us.' '___, madam. Have a good flight.'
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My pleasure — The taxi has already been booked, and the guest is thanking you for something done, so you need a reply to thanks: My pleasure. With pleasure is what you say when agreeing to do something, but here the request has already been carried out.
Imagine you work at a reception desk or welcome guests at a conference. Write a guest's thanks for a specific bit of help and your reply with My pleasure, wishing them something nice.
'Thank you for finding my lost badge.' 'My pleasure. Enjoy the rest of the conference!'
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