Changes for page Useful words and phrases letter/email writing
Last modified by Martina Wagner on 2026/07/20 08:07
From version 17.1
edited by Martina Wagner
on 2026/06/19 11:53
on 2026/06/19 11:53
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To version 8.1
edited by Eva-Maria Schindler
on 2026/04/27 14:59
on 2026/04/27 14:59
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... ... @@ -1,89 +9,54 @@ 1 -//**Letter (formal)**// 2 - 3 -**//Starting the letter/Salutation//** 4 -(% class="border" %) 5 -|=from the text |=further examples 6 -|Dear Sir or Madam, |Dear Mr / Mrs / Ms, 7 -To whom it/this may concern, 8 - 9 9 **//Giving an opinion//** 10 10 (% class="border" %) 11 -|=from the text |=further examples 12 -|…, in my opinion,… |As far as I am concerned, … 3 +|=from the text|=further examples 4 +|Hi... 5 +How are you doing?|Dear Sophie 13 13 14 -**//Ordering//** 15 -(% class="border" %) 16 -|=from the text |=further examples 17 -|Another important aspect … |Another point worth shedding some light on… 18 18 19 -**// Giving examples//**8 +**//Transition//** 20 20 (% class="border" %) 21 -|=from the text |=further examples22 -| Forexample,…|Toillustrate this point…10 +|=from the text|=further examples 11 +|In my opinion,…|I think … 23 23 24 -**//Drawing conclusions//** 25 -(% class="border" %) 26 -|=from the text |=further examples 27 -|To conclude,… |Consequently,… 28 -As a consequence,… 29 -Thus,… 30 - 31 -**//Ending the letter/Complimentary close//** 32 -(% class="border" %) 33 -|=from the text |=further examples 34 -|Yours faithfully,.. |Yours sincerely,… 35 -Sincerely yours,… 36 -Best regards,… 37 -Best,… 38 -Kind regards,… 39 - 40 -**//Useful phrases/words/collocations//** 41 -(% class="border" %) 42 -|=from the text |=further examples 43 -|I am writing to… 44 -The main reason why… |I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. 45 -We look forward to meeting you. 46 - 47 - 48 -//**Email (informal)**// 49 - 50 -**//Starting the Email/Salutation//** 51 -(% class="border" %) 52 -|=from the text |=further examples 53 -|Hi... 54 -How are you doing? |Dear Sophie 55 - 56 -**//Giving an opinion//** 57 -(% class="border" %) 58 -|=from the text |=further examples 59 -|In my opinion,… |I think … 60 - 61 61 **//Ordering//** 62 62 (% class="border" %) 63 -|=from the text |=further examples15 +|=from the text|=further examples 64 64 |Another strong reason why… 65 65 Of course,… 66 -However,… |First / second / third What’s more,… 18 +However,… 19 + |First / second / third 20 +What’s more,… 67 67 22 + 68 68 **//Giving examples//** 69 69 (% class="border" %) 70 -|=from the text |=further examples 71 -|…, for example …, |…like… 25 +|=from the text|=further examples 26 +|for instance 27 +for example|To illustrate this point... 28 +Look at... 72 72 73 73 **//Drawing conclusions//** 74 74 (% class="border" %) 75 -|=from the text |=further examples 76 -|To sum up,… |On the whole,... 77 -All in all,... 32 +|=from the text|=further examples 33 +|Thus... 34 +This shows... 35 +This … helps... 36 +This creates... 37 +In conclusion... 38 +by doing so...|This is why... 39 +To conclude... 40 +As a result,... 41 +In a nutshell... 78 78 79 -**// Ending theEmail/Complimentaryclose//**43 +**//Useful phrases/words/collocations//** 80 80 (% class="border" %) 81 -|=from the text |=further examples 82 -|Take care… 83 -…write back soon. |Best regards,… 84 -Best,… 85 -All the best,… 86 -Cordially,… 87 -Love,… 88 -Warm regards,… 89 - 45 +|=from the text|=further examples 46 +|great advantage 47 +significant benefit 48 +to increase awareness 49 +to benefit from 50 +to give rise to 51 +to gain recognition 52 +to find comfort|a major/serious drawback 53 +to deal with the issue of 54 +to raise an important question