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Osee Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
I added a sentence to the letter, please help me revise.
Thanks. The sentence added is the blue part below:
Dear Madam or Sir:
My mother-in-law has accepted my invitation to visit my family here in Canada. In order to streamline the process, I am writing you directly to provide information in support of her visa application. FYI, I will sign two copies of this letter so that my mother-in-law can hold one for the purpose of entering Canada.
Dear Madam or Sir:
My mother-in-law has accepted my invitation to visit my family here in Canada. In order to streamline the process, I am writing you directly to provide information in support of her visa application. FYI, I will sign two copies of this letter so that my mother-in-law can hold one for the purpose of entering Canada.
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Are you just volunteering this service? It sounds odd to me, and 'FYI' is particularly off-putting. You are the applicant, not the official.
- Are you just volunteering this service?
- It sounds odd to me, and 'FYI' is particularly off-putting.
- You are the applicant, not the official.
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Are you just volunteering this service? It sounds odd to me, and 'FYI' is particularly off-putting. You are the applicant, not the official.
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Are you just volunteering this service? It sounds odd to me, and 'FYI' is particularly off-putting. You are the applicant, not the official.
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Hi,
As a Canadian, I am not sure that my government will be thrilled by your kind attempt to streamline what you apparently think of as an inefficient process.
Good luck if you want to try this.
Clive
As a Canadian, I am not sure that my government will be thrilled by your kind attempt to streamline what you apparently think of as an inefficient process.
Good luck if you want to try this.
Clive
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Sorry, guys, did you mean the blue part sounds too official or something?
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Hi,
Sorry, guys, did you mean the blue part sounds too official or something?
Mr.M may wish to speak for himself, but I have two main concerns about the whole paragraph you have shown us. Let me try to express them very simply.
1. The tone sounds like you are the boss and the person you are writing to is your unimportant subordinate. The official you are writing
Sorry, guys, did you mean the blue part sounds too official or something?
Mr.M may wish to speak for himself, but I have two main concerns about the whole paragraph you have shown us. Let me try to express them very simply.
1. The tone sounds like you are the boss and the person you are writing to is your unimportant subordinate. The official you are writing
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Thank you, Clive and Mr. M.
I did not even realized my writing had such an bad effect. Of course, I have no intent to be bossy. It is all about misunderstanding of a foreign language. For example, I ever thought FYI was something like BTW or "I just want to let you know", which could be used in a formal writing.
And thanks a lot, Clive, for that reminder about not doing d
I did not even realized my writing had such an bad effect. Of course, I have no intent to be bossy. It is all about misunderstanding of a foreign language. For example, I ever thought FYI was something like BTW or "I just want to let you know", which could be used in a formal writing.
And thanks a lot, Clive, for that reminder about not doing d
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Hi,
I think govt. depts. in all countries are probably very similar in such matters.
Abbreviations like FYI and BTW are never for formal use. Some of us never use them informally, either.
I think they really arose from the area of text-messaging.
Best wishes, Clive
I think govt. depts. in all countries are probably very similar in such matters.
Abbreviations like FYI and BTW are never for formal use. Some of us never use them informally, either.
I think they really arose from the area of text-messaging.
Best wishes, Clive
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I use FYI frequently recently in my emails. Maybe it is the reason that some of my emails did not get replies. Who want to deal with a bossy person who is not suppose to be? I got a lesson.
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