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Anna A Posted 23 years ago
Letter Writing
A need to be polite! Urgent! :-D
I have to write a urgent fax to a attorney at law (brittish) asking if he has received my fax from last week and ask him when we can expect an answer from him! I have been asked to write it in the most polite way as possible - but everything I write sounds so silly!
HELP!!
HELP!!
Top answer
Don't worry. Please show us what you have written.
- Don't worry.
- Please show us what you have written.
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Ok. Just show us what you have writen and someone will tell you if it is polite enough or not. As soon as you post the complete fax you will get the help you need.
Anelet
Anelet
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Well, I had to send the fax... but I don't think I was polite enough. So, as I probably will need to write a fax like this again, and as I think writing polite in English is difficult as you also have to write direct - not long sentences etc, I'd appreciate your help. (Writing in Swedish is much simpler)!
Here is my fax:
Dear Mr Z,
Re: ***
With reference to
Here is my fax:
Dear Mr Z,
Re: ***
With reference to
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Anna,
No problem! Your fax was quite polite, proper and correct.
The only thing you may have forgotten was a "Kind regards", or similar, before your name.
Nice fax!
No problem! Your fax was quite polite, proper and correct.
The only thing you may have forgotten was a "Kind regards", or similar, before your name.
Nice fax!
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Thank you! I though I was to direct (and the kind regards was written as Y.F in the end = Yours faithfully).
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Perfect! 
P.S. I spent a little time in your country when I was a child, and later worked for Husqvarna Motor (chainsaws) in Aus
P.S. I spent a little time in your country when I was a child, and later worked for Husqvarna Motor (chainsaws) in Aus
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Thank you! I really enjoy reading all the postings at the forum - some very interesting remarks have been made.
I am happy to hear you liked Sweden. I think it's a beautiful country - it's a long country so the country varies a lot from the south to the north! I live in the middle - not so far from Åre, Swedens' no 1 ski resort.
I am happy to hear you liked Sweden. I think it's a beautiful country - it's a long country so the country varies a lot from the south to the north! I live in the middle - not so far from Åre, Swedens' no 1 ski resort.
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Do you ski, or are you as the Japanese say a 'wet-***' (snowboarder)?
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Well, I prefer to sit with a cup of hot choclate and a good sandwish beside the slops watching the others ski... My husband on the other hand LOVES to ski!
What a about you - do you ski? Are you from Japan or an imigrant?
What a about you - do you ski? Are you from Japan or an imigrant?
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Hi Anna, welcome to the forums.
The format of your fax looks slightly confusing. You started with Dear Mr Z, which is a typical formula to begin a letter, but then you continued with the subject line Re: ***, which is typical of a fax. As far as I know, I might be wrong, formal faxes do not normally use the format of a letter. They have their own format. I would write something
The format of your fax looks slightly confusing. You started with Dear Mr Z, which is a typical formula to begin a letter, but then you continued with the subject line Re: ***, which is typical of a fax. As far as I know, I might be wrong, formal faxes do not normally use the format of a letter. They have their own format. I would write something
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