Call me as soon as possible.
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8 )Yours faithfully,
Edward Thomas
Director, Target Management plc
Tel: 0207 9462120
How not to write an email 1. The message doesn’t have a subject line, so nobody can tell if the email is im-
portant or not. It can be overlooked or rejected as spam.
2. Don’t use titles with a person’s full name. Instead of Dear Mr. John Jansen use
Dear Mr. Jansen.
3. First sentence should start with a capital letter so it should be «I …» 4. Passive constructions are more common in emails. Besides, colloquialisms
should be avoided. As a result instead of «I got your email» you’d better write «I have been given your email by…».
5. There is a grammar mistake in the sentence «We are plan…» . It should be «We are planning…»
6. «To meet» in the sentence «I would like to meet» sounds too straightforward
and pushy. It would be better to write «I would like to arrange a meeting». 7. The phrase «Call me as soon as possible» is not appropriate in the first-time
email. Moreover, it sounds too directive. The more common polite expression is «I look
