Other phrases, like “You’re a lifesaver,” are appropriate in casual circumstances but may seem hyperbolic in professional communication. When to send a thank you message Sending a thank you message is appropriate whenever you want to express gratitude for a kind or helpful gesture. Here’s...
It’s the “complimentary close” or “complimentary closing” that business writers are wondering about, those phrases that come before the signature in a letter.The complimentary closes below are listed from (1) very formal to (14) very warm. Very truly yours, Respectfully, Yours truly, Sin...
but you wouldn’t know that to hear Mr. Potter call him a “garlic eater” and state that people like Martini don’t deserve a nice place to live unless they deprive themselves of all small pleasures in life and save enough to pay cash for a house. How does it keep up with the...
My dear Robbie, I want you to have a letter written at once to Mr. Hargrove, the solicitor, that as my wife promised to settle one third on me in the case of her predeceasing me I don’t wish any opposition to be made to her purchasing my life-interest. I feel that I have bro...
I am bound to confess that some of Tarhov’s phrases had sunk deep into my soul … and were ringing in my ears…. In truth, was it possible Baburin … was it possible he did not see she was not a fit match for him? But could this possibly be: Baburin, the self-sacrificing ...
I am in your debt for answering my letter so quickly; indeed, by return post. Yes, hearing from me after twelve years must have seemed strange, but I can assure you sufficient reason prompted this long silence. However, reading in the Times-Picayune, to the Sunday issue of which we subs...
Below is a “starter list” of tweet-able phrases that came to mind. Please add your own. Phishing: Remember when fishing was done with a rod & reel – finding quiet time in nature? Tweets: Remember when tweet was what the birds did in the trees along the water? Campfire: Remember ...
But when all this has been said and conceded, there yet remain countless passages of true and vital beauty, exquisite phrases, haunting pictures, glimpses of perfect loveliness. His poems of comradeship and the open air, his pictures of family life, have often a magical thrill of passion, lea...
♦ Write a letter of apology ♦ Make a reference book about the culture of a country Procedures ● Welcome to the Unit Step 1:Brainstorming As we all know, different countries have different cultures and customs. Look at the following pictures. In which countries do people greet each oth...
in order to make grandiose the mundane, but since I had to change the names of all but a handful of the people I wrote of, and I combined many real people into a few composite characters, and the reverse, and shortened or lengthened time frames for dramatic purposes, one could correctly...