Changes for page Useful words and phrases letter/email writing
Last modified by Martina Wagner on 2026/07/20 08:07
From version 8.1
edited by Eva-Maria Schindler
on 2026/04/27 14:59
on 2026/04/27 14:59
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To version 21.1
edited by Martina Wagner
on 2026/06/19 12:24
on 2026/06/19 12:24
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... ... @@ -1,54 +1,90 @@ 1 +(% style="color:red" %)**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 + 1 1 **//Giving an opinion//** 2 2 (% class="border" %) 3 -|=from the text|=further examples 4 -|Hi... 5 -How are you doing?|Dear Sophie 11 +|=from the text |=further examples 12 +|…, in my opinion,… |As far as I am concerned, … 6 6 14 +**//Ordering//** 15 +(% class="border" %) 16 +|=from the text |=further examples 17 +|Another important aspect … |Another point worth shedding some light on… 7 7 8 -**// Transition//**19 +**//Giving examples//** 9 9 (% class="border" %) 10 -|=from the text|=further examples 11 -| Inmy opinion,…|Ithink…21 +|=from the text |=further examples 22 +|For example,… |To illustrate this point… 12 12 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 +(% style="color:red" %)**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 + 13 13 **//Ordering//** 14 14 (% class="border" %) 15 -|=from the text|=further examples 63 +|=from the text |=further examples 16 16 |Another strong reason why… 17 17 Of course,… 18 -However,… 19 - |First / second / third 66 +However,… |First / second / third 20 20 What’s more,… 21 21 22 - 23 23 **//Giving examples//** 24 24 (% class="border" %) 25 -|=from the text|=further examples 26 -|for instance 27 -for example|To illustrate this point... 28 -Look at... 71 +|=from the text |=further examples 72 +|…, for example …, |…like… 29 29 30 30 **//Drawing conclusions//** 31 31 (% class="border" %) 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... 76 +|=from the text |=further examples 77 +|To sum up,… |On the whole,... 78 +All in all,... 42 42 43 -**// Usefulphrases/words/collocations//**80 +**//Ending the Email/Complimentary close//** 44 44 (% class="border" %) 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 82 +|=from the text |=further examples 83 +|Take care… 84 +…write back soon. |Best regards,… 85 +Best,… 86 +All the best,… 87 +Cordially,… 88 +Love,… 89 +Warm regards,… 90 +