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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Letter Writing

Formal letter

Dear Editors, does the following phrase sounds good for the beginning of a paragraph in a formal letter or it sounds a bit preposterous? And perhaps I do not like the "elements" word either.

Thanks in advance for your help.

As you can deduce by the aforementioned elements of my curiculum vitae, I etc...
  

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Hi, It sounds to me much too fancy, and even a bit patronizing. I don't think an employer is likely to like being told by you what he can deduce. How about keeping it simple?

— Clive

  • Hi, It sounds to me much too fancy, and even a bit patronizing.
  • I don't think an employer is likely to like being told by you what he can deduce.
  • How about keeping it simple?
  • eg 'As shown in my CV, .
  • .
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Hi,

It sounds to me much too fancy, and even a bit patronizing.
I don't think an employer is likely to like being told by you what he can deduce.

How about keeping it simple?
eg 'As shown in my CV, . . . '

Clive
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Well, Dear Mr Clive the difficulty is that there will be no cv but only some of the data of a cv on an application form

Thanx
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Hi,

If there is no CV, then I wouldn't mention it. Just talk about the information on the application form.

Clive
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