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AGS Posted 19 years ago
Letter Writing
Resending a letter - Formalities
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00 I sent on behalf of my son, to a business enquiring into work experience opportunities, but have not received a response, we know the business owner quite well, and we are aware that he is often busy with various projects, which includes being out of the country at time. 02 br
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00 Therefore I wish to resend the letter, keeping things professional, and was wondering if there was a standard way to do this e.g. 02 br
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00 Just send the same letter, and add a watermark say "Copy", or advise that this letter was originally sent on... , 02 br
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00 I'd be grateful for any advice 02 br
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00 Allan. 0-
00 I sent on behalf of my son, to a business enquiring into work experience opportunities, but have not received a response, we know the business owner quite well, and we are aware that he is often busy with various projects, which includes being out of the country at time. 02 br
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00 Therefore I wish to resend the letter, keeping things professional, and was wondering if there was a standard way to do this e.g. 02 br
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00 Just send the same letter, and add a watermark say "Copy", or advise that this letter was originally sent on... , 02 br
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00 I'd be grateful for any advice 02 br
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00 Allan. 0-
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0 The most formal way would be to start the letter with: "Further to my letter of (date), ...". 0-
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0 Thanks for this, just to confirm I should just add "Further to my letter of (date), ...". to the begining of the original letter that I sent out . 02 br
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0 If you sent the first letter, for example, on 1st June 2006, you would write: 02 br
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00 Further to my letter of 1st June 2006, [and then continue with what you originally wrote, for example: I am writing to ask whether you would be able to offer my son work experience with your company]. 0-
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00 Dear Sir, 02 br
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00 Further to my letter of 1st June 2006, [and then continue with what you originally wrote, for example: I am writing to ask whether you would be able to offer my son work experience with your company]. 0-
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0 ' 01 i 00 Further to my letter 02 i 00 ' means that you are now writing an additional or updated communication of some kind; to me it sounds odd to merely add that to an identical remailing. 02 br
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00 This is a rather awkward situation; the recipient is a close acquaintance, you say?-- then why not a note or phone call that is a bit more informal, inquiring a
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00 This is a rather awkward situation; the recipient is a close acquaintance, you say?-- then why not a note or phone call that is a bit more informal, inquiring a
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