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1. I want to get permission from my boss to send out some information to my teammates, so can I write the following,

“Kevin, some of them (people? ) are asking (have asked? / started asking?) me for their invoice list in order to complete their self-evaluation, so shall I email everyone their list tomorrow? Please confirm.”

2. I want to let my Team know that some of us will move to their new seat according to the revised seating plan by our boss, so can I write something as follows;

“Team,

As everyone can see that some of us have been sitting so apart from other teammates, in order to change that now we have a new seating plan as attached. Our moving has been scheduled for next Monday, from 9:30am to 11:30am. Please be noted that IT guy will come up to help you with your PC and telephone connections. All you need to do is to put all your stuff into your moving box provided by Admin and drag your cabinet to the new desk.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Hope you will like your new desk and your neighbors…”

IF YOU CAN HELP ME TO POLISH THE ABOVE MESSAGES (with some explanations), THAT WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED!

Many thanks,

Sarah

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

sarah88“Kevin, some of my teammates are asking me for their invoice list in order to complete their self-evaluations. May (if you ask permission, use "may", or informally, "is is OK if I ... "), ~~so shall~~ I email everyone their list tomorrow? Please confirm.”

sarah88As everyone can see that some of us have been sitting so apart from other teammates, in order to change that now we have a new seating plan as attached. (I would write: We have made a new floor plan (attached) so that the team can all sit together in one area.

Our ~~moving~~ move has been scheduled for next Monday, from 9:30am to 11:30am. ~~Please be noted that~~ The IT guy will come up to help you with your PC and telephone connections. All you need to do is to put ~~all~~ your stuff into ~~your~~ the moving boxes provided by Admin and drag your cabinet (Do you mean a filing cabinet? Isn't this very heavy to move?) to the new desk. )

Sarah88 · Answer

thanks.

Could you also help me with these confusions ?

1) A. She said that she would talk to you about me helping her out.
B. She said that she would talk to you about my helping her out.

Which one is correct? I think B is correct, because I remember a phrase " Do you mind my smoking?" ... however, I'm not quite sure how well I understand this structure. Could you explain it to me with examples?

2) I had a talk with my boss and she suggested that I stay in my current position for another year. Now I want to tell my friend about this, so can I say " I had a talk with her, and she was suggesting that I stay her for another year." or I should use " sugguested"

Please let me know which one is more suitable in this situation, and under what kind of situation I can use "was suggesting..." ?

3) "Would" or "will"

I know "would" is a polite form of "will", so are these two corrct?

1) I would send it to him if you think it's fine. ( do I have to use "will"?)
2) He asked me for the report. I would be able to finish it by Monday, so may I send it to him on Tuesday? Please confirm.

thank you for your help,
S.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

1B is correct. The subject of a gerund phrase is correct in the possessive case, especially with simple subjects like pronouns. The object of the proposition "about" is the gerund phrase, not "me".
This one is correct: She said that she would talk to you about me. (Me is the object of the propsition "about.")
2. The progressive "was suggesting" implies that it was the main topic of discussion, or occurred frequently over the time of discussion, or that you are still thinking about wheter to accept the suggestion or not. The simple past is just a simple statement.
3) 1. "Will" is a commitment or promise - So I know that if I say it's fine, you will definitely send it.. "would" has the meaning that the sending might involve more decisions - it is less certain that "will"
In 2, I would also use "will" if you are certain that you are going to finish it by Monday. It is like a promise. You are asking permission to send it on Tuesday.

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