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About emails...


 Email is a short word for electronic mail. You create texts and send them over a network of computers. The first emails go back to the 1960s. The invention has influenced our lives and emails have become a popular means of communication. 

Advantages of emails:

  • Emails are easy to use. You can organize your daily correspondence, send and receive electronic messages and save them on computers.
  • Emails are fast. They are delivered at once around the world. No other form of written communication is as fast as an email.
  • The language used in emails is simple and informal.
  • When you reply to an email you can attach the original message so that when you answer the recipient knows what you are talking about. This is important if you get hundreds of emails a day.
  • It is possible to send automated emails with a certain text.
  • Emails do not use paper. They are environment friendly and save a lot of trees from being cut down.
  • Emails can also have pictures in them. You can send birthday cards or newsletters as emails.

 Disadvantages of emails:

  • Emails may carry viruses. These are small programs that harm your computer system. They can read out your email address book and send themselves to a number of people around the world.
  • Many people send unwanted emails to others. These are called spam mails. It takes a lot of time to filter out the unwanted emails from those that are really important.
  • Emails cannot really be used for official business documents. They may be lost and you cannot sign them. http://www.english-online.at/media/emails/advantages-disadvantages-of-electronic-mail.htm

A very useful lesson about emails with a native speaker

       Formal and Informal Email Phrases

      Greetings
                                           Formal                                               

  • Dear Sir/ Madam,
  • Dear Sir or Madam,
  • To whom it may concern: (especially AmE)
  • Dear Mr/ Ms Jones,
  • Dear Dr Smith,
Informal

  • Hi Dennis,
  • Hello Claire,
  • Dear mum,

    Reasons for writing

    Formal
  • I am writing to make a reservation/ to apply for the position of…/ to confirm my booking/ to ask for further information about
  • I am writing with regard  to the sale of …/ to the complaint you made on 29th February
  • Thank you for your e-mail of 29th February regarding the sale of… / concerning the conference in Brussels.
  • With reference to our telephone conversation on Friday, I would like to let you know that…
         Semi-formal / Informal

  • Just a quick note to invite you to…/ to tell you that…
  • This is to invite you to join us for...
  • Thanks for your e-mail, it was wonderful/great to hear from you.
  • I wanted to let you know that / tell you about / ask you if…

    Ending

    Formal
  • I look forward to hearing from you.
  • I look forward to hearing when you are planning to visit our town.
        Informal

  • Hope to hear from you soon.
  • I’m looking forward to seeing you.

    Closing formula

    Formal
  • Yours faithfully, (when you start with Dear Sir/ Madam,)
  • Yours sincerely, (when you start with the name e.g. Dear Ms Collins)
  • Sincerely Yours, (AmE)
  • Sincerely, (AmE)
  • Yours Truly, (AmE)
        Informal

  • Love,
  • Thanks,
  • Take care,
  • Yours,
  • Best regards, (semi-formal, also BR),

    It should be kept in mind that in  formal correspondence contractions are rarely used, so we should write I  do not   instead of  I don't  and so on.

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