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Reply

A reply is a statement or acknowledgment made in response to an interrogative question, request or comment. Replies are communicated in a variety of ways, the most common being spoken or written, and act as a way of conveying relevant information and continuing a conversational exchange.

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    To the query, “What is a friend?” his reply was “A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
    Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)

    Doesn’t that show what an old man I am, when I can say to a mother “I love your daughter,” and not get the reply “what are your intentions, and what is your income?”
    Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    Ask of her, the mighty mother:
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