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Cartes-fiches
Letter writing conventions
- Beginning and ending
- Reason for Writing
- The background
- The result
- The next step
- Further Communication
- Signing off
Beginning and ending
Dear Sir/Madame: Yours faithfully
Dear Ms Johnson: Yours sincerely
Dear David: King regards
Reason for writing
I am writing to apologize for / enquire about / thank you for ...
I am writing in response to your letter / to enquire about ...
Following / Regarding our recent meeting / telephone conversation / I am writing to ...
I was given your name by ..., who suggested you might be able to help us to ...
The background
As you may know, ... is an ... based in ...
As you will recall, three weeks ago we ...
Recently, we ...
The result
As a result of this, we have had to ...
Consequently, we would like to ...
The result of this is that ...
The next step
What I propose is that ...
In order to resolve this matter, I suggest that ...
We would appreciate it if you could ...
We would be grateful if you could now ...
Further Communication
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wish to discuss any of the above
I look forward to hearing from you / receiving ...
I look forward to your promt reply
Signing off
Thank you again for your interest / support / understanding
Once again, my apologizes for the delay / the misunderstanding / error.
I hope you find this solution satisfactory
