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Warrener Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

I hope this finds you well.

0I got an email:02br
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00"Dear Warrener:02br
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00 01font00I hope this finds you well02font00. I wonder if your students have interest in XXX project to help me blahblah...02br
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00Sincerely,02br
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00Jack"02br
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00What does "01font00I hope this finds you well02font00." mean here?02br
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*71*0 01p 00At least in American English, it's not a common opener. 02i 02p 0-

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  • *71*0 01p 00At least in American English, it's not a common opener.
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00At least in American English, it's not a common opener. However, it's meaning is02p

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00I hope you are in good health when you receive this letter.02pre
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00this finds you = 01i00this letter comes to you02i02p

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00well = 01i00in good health.02i02p

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0Hi,02br
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01i00'I hope that when you receive this email, you are well'.02i02br
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00It's polite and stylish. It also sounds to me slightly old-fashioned, particularly when written in a modern medium like email.02br
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0 I think "I hope this finds you well" usually means something like "I hope your health is good and that things in general are OK." 0-
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I believe it simply means that this person wishes you're doing well ... that's you're good. Emotion: smile
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It's a wonderful and courteous way of saying "i hope you're doing well". 

In this day and age of abbreviations and misspellings, it's unfortunately one of the many rapidly disappearing expressions of the endangered species we refer to as the English language. 
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It basically means, I hope you are doing well and that things are going smoothly for you.
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I hope this letter finds you well. It means that there are not any problems for this letter to reach you. It reaches you well.

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