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Innertide Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

acquit of being ?

Hi,
I was wondering if it's appropriate to say : 'Please kindly acquit me of being pushy as I have no intention of appearing so. I think you’d understand the situation I’m in.' at the end of a formal letter to a professor ?

Thank you very much.
H.
  

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innertide I was wondering if it's appropriate to say : 'Please kindly acquit me of being pushy No, it is a rude mismatch of registers. And in fact, I see no good reason for including such a sentiment in a letter to a professor. I suggest that you omit it entirely lest you embarrass yourself.

— Mister Micawber

  • innertide I was wondering if it's appropriate to say : 'Please kindly acquit me of being pushy No, it is a rude mismatch of registers.
  • And in fact, I see no good reason for including such a sentiment in a letter to a professor.
  • I suggest that you omit it entirely lest you embarrass yourself.
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innertideI was wondering if it's appropriate to say : 'Please kindly acquit me of being pushy
No, it is a rude mismatch of registers. And in fact, I see no good reason for including such a sentiment in a letter to a professor. I suggest that you omit it entirely lest you embarrass yourself.
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Thank you very much, sir.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could recommend me some good books about Letter Writing.

H.
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innertideIt would be greatly appreciated if you could recommend me some good books about Letter Writing.
For business letters, I use A Handbook of Commercial Correspondence (OUP), but the internet has many sites dedicated to sample letters and guidelines for various purposes; just google 'motivation letters', 'cover letters' 'business letters', etc.
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