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Jackson6612 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Earlier today I sent you an email on behalf of Mr. John...

Hi

Do the following sentences below constitute a good apology? Actualy I wrote "Mr. Jane" instead of "Ms. Jane".

Dear Ms. Jane
Earlier today I sent you an email on behalf of Mr. John in which I used a wrong salutation. I apologize for that. Thank
  

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"Jane" and "John" are normally first names, and I assume they are first names here. We do not use "Mr" and "Ms" with first names alone, only with surnames or full names. For example, if someone is called "Jane Smith" then "Ms Smith", "Ms Jane Smith" and "Ms J Smith" are possible, but not "Ms Jane".

— GPY

  • "Jane" and "John" are normally first names, and I assume they are first names here.
  • We do not use "Mr" and "Ms" with first names alone, only with surnames or full names.
  • For example, if someone is called "Jane Smith" then "Ms Smith", "Ms Jane Smith" and "Ms J Smith" are possible, but not "Ms Jane".
  • SImilarly for "Mr".
  • "Thank" should I suppose be "Thank you", but this doesn't seem the best sign-off since you have not mentioned anything which you could be thanking her for.
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"Jane" and "John" are normally first names, and I assume they are first names here. We do not use "Mr" and "Ms" with first names alone, only with surnames or full names. For example, if someone is called "Jane Smith" then "Ms Smith", "Ms Jane Smith" and "Ms J Smith" are possible, but not "Ms Jane". SImilarly for "Mr".

"Thank" should I suppose be "Thank you", but this doesn't seem the best
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Is it grammatically correct by say extremely sorry about that
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GPY."Thank" should I suppose be "Thank you", but this doesn't seem the best sign-off since you have not mentioned anything which you could be thanking her for.
Thank you for the help.

I wanted to say "Thanks for your understanding" and I think it makes a good sign-off in the given case. Don't you think so?
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Jackson6612I wanted to say "Thanks for your understanding" and I think it makes a good sign-off in the given case. Don't you think so?
Yes, that would be OK.
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GPY"Jane" and "John" are normally first names, and I assume they are first names here. We do not use "Mr" and "Ms" with first names alone, only with surnames or full names. For example, if someone is called "Jane Smith" then "Ms Smith", "Ms Jane Smith" and "Ms J Smith" are possible, but not "Ms Jane". SImilarly for "Mr".
Suppose, we don't know the last name fo
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Jackson6612Suppose, we don't know the last name for John. Is this okay to write Mr. John in such cases? The same goes for "Ms.".
No.
Jackson6612Many a time, I'm faced with a situation where I don't have a choice except to use "Mr." with first name like Mr. John because the person themselves has used their first name in closi
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