Still, arranging a proper table setting can be a fun way to personalize and upgrade your next dinner party, and it's much easier than you think. The trick? Allowing your menu to dictate the formality.

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What is the most polite way to set the dinner table when one person will not be eating any food? Should there still be plates and flatware at their spot, or only glasses? Or a full place setting ...