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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Business & Finance

Business letter

Hi. how should I write in a formal letter "going to an organization for something", for example when I want to write an authorization letter for someone to authorize him to "go" to any organization on behalf of me. I mean I don't want to use the word "go" for "going to organizations". What should I use instead of "go" in a formal business letter. Or for example when I want to tell someone that ministry of agriculture can help him, how should I tell him/her to "go" to minstry of agriculture when I don't want to use the work "go" and I want to use a better word.

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it depends, if you wanna authorize a person to go to an organization, you may use the word 'represent' or u just tell the organization that person is authorized person or representative. if you want to tell someone to go somewhere and you do not like the word 'go', you may say, you may seek help from the minstry of agriculture, or the minstry of agriculture would be my recommendation. In my opinion, if you want to use a formal way to explain sth, the passive voice would be better.

— Hugh z

  • it depends, if you wanna authorize a person to go to an organization, you may use the word 'represent' or u just tell the organization that person is authorized person or representative.
  • if you want to tell someone to go somewhere and you do not like the word 'go', you may say, you may seek help from the minstry of agriculture, or the minstry of agriculture would be my recommendation.
  • In my opinion, if you want to use a formal way to explain sth, the passive voice would be better.
  • I hope that helps, as I'm still a english learner, i could not guarantee the correctness of my suggestion.
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it depends, if you wanna authorize a person to go to an organization, you may use the word 'represent' or u just tell the organization that person is authorized person or representative. if you want to tell someone to go somewhere and you do not like the word 'go', you may say, you may seek help from the minstry of agriculture, or the minstry of agriculture would be my recommendation. In my opini
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Hi,

Broadly speaking, the verb 'approach' is a good alternative.

Clive
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Hi Clive,

Could you give me an example or sentence of the verb 'approach' as a substitute of 'go'?

In my opinion, 'approach' is mostly used to describe date/someone/something is near.

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Hugh
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Hi,

Look at meaning 2b. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approach

eg I'm going to approach my boss about a pay raise.

eg My manager has authorized me to approach IBM. I think I can persuade them to buy our new software package.

Do a Google search for eg 'approached

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