Can you confidently write business emails?

Every email has some key elements that need to be written correctly.

Are you confident that you know what they are?
Are the emails you write or receive too informal?

The way we start and end an email depends on how well we know the person we are writing to. If you start an email in a formal way then you should close it formally too.

For example:

Dear Miss Jennings,

I hope this email finds you well. I'm writing to you to inform you that...............

Thank you for your time and continued support.

Best regards,

Miss Sylvia Jones

Note that starting an email isn't just about using a title or the correct form of a person's name but greeting them appropriately with your first sentence.
With a much less formal email to a person you have communicated with for a long time, you might skip some formalities. Here is a good example but can you guess the correct propositions needed?

Following the greeting it is very important to briefly state the reason for the email. This should match the reason you put in the subject section at the top of the email.

Once you have the level of appropriate formality at the start and end of the email you can consider the language needed for the purpose of the email and how to use common email verbs, vocabulary and phrases.
Maybe you will be out of the office over the holiday period and need to create an automated response.
Here are some ideas for communicating your absence.

Do you understand the meaning of these phrases? Could you guess the correct prepositions?
If you would like help learning and practising business email skills then I suggest you book a Business English Pre-Intermediate lesson with me.

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