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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Writing a letter to my doctor

how should I begin my letter to my doctor?

Dear NAME,

Further to our appointment last week, I have had the time to think about what you said last week, and now have some unresolved queries for your attention.

Is the starting sentence ok?
  

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Anonymous Is the starting sentence ok? It is mind-numbing formal. Better: I have some questions about what you told me during my last appointment.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Anonymous Is the starting sentence ok?
  • It is mind-numbing formal.
  • Better: I have some questions about what you told me during my last appointment.
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AnonymousIs the starting sentence ok?
It is mind-numbing formal.

Better:
I have some questions about what you told me during my last appointment.
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But it is a DR who I am talking to - so formal is right way to go about it?
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AnonymousFurther to our appointment last week, I have had the time to think about what you said last week,
This is repetitive. It would be better to replace "last week" with then.
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AnonymousBut it is a DR who I am talking to - so formal is right way to go about it?
What I wrote was straightforward business English.
Your version might be even too formal in the presence of Her Highness, the Queen.
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AlpheccaStarsf Her Highness, the Queen.
Her Majesty the Queen (of England).
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