More useful phrases for business emails and letters

Sorry for the inconvenience. I/We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Sorry for any trouble caused. Please accept our/my sincere apologies. Speakspeak|Moreusefulphrasesforbusinessemailsandletters Moreusefulphrasesforbusinessemailsandletters Home>Grammar&vocabularyresources>BusinessEnglishvocabulary>  ClicktoshareonFacebook(Opensinnewwindow)Clicktoemailthistoafriend(Opensinnewwindow)ClicktoshareonWhatsApp(Opensinnewwindow)ClicktoshareonTwitter(Opensinnewwindow)ClicktoshareonTelegram(Opensinnewwindow)ClicktoshareonLinkedIn(Opensinnewwindow) Herearesomemorebusinessemailandletterphrases. Inthislistwelookathowtomakerequests,complain,apologiseandgivebadnews. Theexamplesintheleftcolumnaremoreformal.The right-handcolumnshowsthelessformalequivalent. Whenwemakearequest moreformal lessformal Iwouldbegratefulifyoucould…. Couldyoupossibly… ? Iwouldappreciate(it)ifyoucould…. Couldyouplease… ? Whenweagreetoarequestsomeonehasmade moreformal lessformal Iwouldbedelightedto….(delighted=veryhappy) Iwillbehappyto….   Whenapologising moreformal lessformal Iapologiseforthedelayinreplying. Sorryforthedelayinreplying. I/Weapologisefortheinconvenience. Sorryfortheinconvenience. I/Weapologiseforanyinconveniencecaused. Sorryforanytroublecaused. Pleaseacceptour/mysincereapologies. I/Weareverysorry….   Whengivingbadnews moreformal lessformal I/Weregretthat…. Unfortunately…. I/Weregrettoinformyouthat…. Iamsorrytohavetotellyouthat…. IamafraidthatImustinformyouof/that…. Iamsorrytohavetotellyouthat…. Whencomplaining Thefollowingphrasesmaybeusedastheopeninglineoftheletteroremail: moreformal lessformal I/Wewishtodrawyourattentionto…. Iwantedtoinformyouabout…. Iamwritingtocomplainabout…. Iwouldliketocomplainabout…. Iamwritingtoexpressmydissatisfactionwith…. [none] Thefollowingphrasemaybeusedastheclosinglineoftheletteroremail: moreformal lessformal Iwouldappreciateyourimmediateattentiontothematter. Iwouldappreciateifyoucouldsortitoutassoonaspossible. Wasthispagehelpful?Getmore... Our18-pagee-book'BusinessCorrespondenceLanguage'containsallthelanguageyouneedtowriteprofessionalbusinessemails. Speakspeak.comisafreesite.Wereachthousandsofteachers,learnersandotheruserseverydayandrelyonthesupportofvisitorstokeepthesiterunning.Supportusbydownloadingthise-bookforjust$5.99*.Thanks. Getthee-bookforjust$5.99 Seethefreesampleversion *VATmayapply ClicktoshareonFacebook(Opensinnewwindow)Clicktoemailthistoafriend(Opensinnewwindow)ClicktoshareonWhatsApp(Opensinnewwindow)ClicktoshareonTwitter(Opensinnewwindow)ClicktoshareonTelegram(Opensinnewwindow)ClicktoshareonLinkedIn(Opensinnewwindow) 21Comments Businesscorrespondence|Englishclassblog-November19,2013,6:33pmReply […]Somemoreusefulphrases[…] RajeshKumarA-November23,2015,2:38pmReply DearAll, Thanksforthevalubleinformation… Bestregards. Raz shery-November27,2015,8:19pmReply Usefulwebsite Sam-March10,2016,2:22pmReply isitcorrecttosay“apologizeforthe…ordoweneedtosay“iapologize…”? Doesitchangethemeaningofthesentence? StuartCook-March11,2016,9:23amReply Botharegrammatical,butit’smorecommontosaywhyyou’reapologising. Lucy-October4,2016,6:05pmReply verb:toapologise(Br)toapologize(Am)noun:anapology(apologising),apologies(pl).Youcansay“apologiesforthedelayinresponding”ratherthan“Iapologiseforthedelayinresponding”.Bothcorrect.Itendtousetheformer. Victor-October19,2016,5:57pmReply IfIunderstoodyourquestion,Ithinkyoushouldsay“Iapologize”insteadfo“Apologize”only.InEnglishit’salwaysimportanttostatewhoisthesubjectofthesentence. CHeers Isaac-November8,2016,12:19amReply Hello,everyone.Ithinkthereisconfusionoverthenear-homonyms“apologize”(Americanspelling),“apologise”(Britishspelling),and“apologies”(universalspelling). Itisinformal,butgrammaticallycorrecttosay“Apologiesforthedelayinresponding.”Thisisatruncationofthemoreformal“Pleaseacceptmyapologiesforthedelayinresponding.” “Apology”(anditsplural,“apologies”)isanoun,whereas“apologise”or“apologize”(e.g.,“Iapologizeforthedelayinresponding”)istheverbformoftheword. Homonymsare,ofcourse,themostconfoundingpartoftheEnglishlanguage,andthewordsapologies/apologizearefrequentlyconfusedinwritingevenbynativespeakers=) Ankit-June8,2018,6:08amReply Canweuse“response”insteadofresponding? LikeIapologizeforthedelayinresponse. Denalice-November30,2016,10:31pmReply Iwouldliketosaytosay‘ “kindlyarrangeforthevehicletobedelivered.”Isthereanotherformalwayofstatingthisphrase. Ineedyourassistance. E.M.-August1,2017,4:20amReply Idon’tthinkso!Youcouldsay“Pleasearrangeforthevehicletobedelivered”ifyouwant,butIthinkeithersentencewouldwork. khaledbinhumaid-March19,2017,7:02pmReply DearAll Thankyouforthevaluableinformation. thiswebsiteisthebestIhavebeentobehonest. thankyoualot! Agnes-January8,2018,7:01pmReply DearAll Thankyouforthevaluableinformation. thankyoualot! SunnyDae-November25,2019,3:46amReply Thanks,thiswasabighelptome MahendraSingh-March18,2020,7:10amReply Thanksforthevaluableinformation… Anonymous-April30,2020,12:12amReply heyguys ineedhelpwithreplyingtoacommentthathasbeensaidaboutwhereiwork,ihavetoreplyinaprofessionalway “slowservicebutatleaseitsnotasexpensiveasothercafes” plshelp!!!! thankyou Liliia-June25,2020,4:23amReply Hello,Stuart.I’vegotafewquestions: 1.Isitgrammaticalnottouseanobjectaftertheword“appreciate”intheexpression“Iwouldappreciate(it)ifyoucould”? 2.Intheexpression“Couldyouplease”,“please”after“couldyou”–doesn’titsoundasifyouhavealreadyaskedthepersontodosomethingandnowyouareremindingthemagain?Doesn’titmakeyousoundexasperatedwiththeotherperson? Thankyou. StuartCook-June25,2020,10:27amReply Hello,Liliia “Iwouldappreciateitifyoucould”and“Iwouldappreciateifyoucould”arebothfine.Thelatterisslightlymoreformal. “Couldyouplease”:youwouldshowexasperationbystressingtheword‘please’whenspeaking,orwithitalicsinwrittenform,butotherwiseit’sfine:it’sthestandardpositionfor‘please’inarequestinmoreformalcorrespondence.Ofcourse,informallywe’dput‘please’attheend. Rajan-July10,2020,4:47amReply Iwouldbegratefulifyoucould beritapersibterbaruhariini-October11,2020,8:17amReply Somereallyexcellentarticlesonthissite, appreciateitforcontribution. Arif-March17,2021,8:09amReply Hiall, Thanksforyourhelp.it’sanicewebsitewithfullofimportantformalphases. Thanksonceagain. Bestregards, arif LeaveaReplyCancelReply Loginsafelywithyourfavouritesocialnetwork: Youremailaddresswillnotbepublished.CommentYoumayusetheseHTMLtagsandattributes:Name Email Website Notifymeofnewpostsbyemail. 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