0 01blockquote 01cite 10Stellayau12cite 10There are some outstanding payments was overdue and cannot got any reply from your account dept. 12br 12br 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00Our records indicate that there are payments in your account that are overdue, and your accounting department has not responded to any of our memos. 02font 02b 0-
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01cite10Stellayau12cite10There are some outstanding payments was overdue and cannot got any reply from your account dept. Could you please help?12br10 01b01font00Our records indicate that there are payments in your account that are overdue, and yo
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Hi Philip, I'm just confused when you used 'as to' instead of 'to' in "11b11font10Would you be so kind as to investigate?"12font12b12blockquote10 01b01font00It's probably elliptical < would you be
01cite10Anonymous12cite12br10 01b01font00I would say that it slightly more formal than informal. It's often used sarcastically
10So, "Would you be so kind as to investigate?" is informal then? I kind of like the way you did it though.12br
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