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 25.1
edited by Martina Wagner
on 2026/06/19 13:56
on 2026/06/19 13:56
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... ... @@ -1,54 +1,91 @@ 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 18 +shedding some light on… 7 7 8 -**// Transition//**20 +**//Giving examples//** 9 9 (% class="border" %) 10 -|=from the text|=further examples 11 -| Inmy opinion,…|Ithink…22 +|=from the text |=further examples 23 +|For example,… |To illustrate this point… 12 12 25 +**//Drawing conclusions//** 26 +(% class="border" %) 27 +|=from the text |=further examples 28 +|To conclude,… |Consequently,… 29 +As a consequence,… 30 +Thus,… 31 + 32 +**//Ending the letter/Complimentary close//** 33 +(% class="border" %) 34 +|=from the text |=further examples 35 +|Yours faithfully,.. |Yours sincerely,… 36 +Sincerely yours,… 37 +Best regards,… 38 +Best,… 39 +Kind regards,… 40 + 41 +**//Useful phrases/words/collocations//** 42 +(% class="border" %) 43 +|=from the text |=further examples 44 +|I am writing to… 45 +The main reason why… |I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. 46 +We look forward to meeting you. 47 + 48 + 49 +(% style="color:red" %)**Email (informal)**(%%) 50 + 51 +**//Starting the Email/Salutation//** 52 +(% class="border" %) 53 +|=from the text |=further examples 54 +|Hi... 55 +How are you doing? |Dear Sophie 56 + 57 +**//Giving an opinion//** 58 +(% class="border" %) 59 +|=from the text |=further examples 60 +|In my opinion,… |I think … 61 + 13 13 **//Ordering//** 14 14 (% class="border" %) 15 -|=from the text|=further examples 64 +|=from the text |=further examples 16 16 |Another strong reason why… 17 17 Of course,… 18 -However,… 19 - |First / second / third 20 -What’s more,… 67 +However,… |First / second / third 68 +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... 72 +|=from the text |=further examples 73 +|…, 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... 77 +|=from the text |=further examples 78 +|To sum up,… |On the whole,… 79 +All in all,… 42 42 43 -**// Usefulphrases/words/collocations//**81 +**//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 83 +|=from the text |=further examples 84 +|Take care… 85 +…write back soon. |Best regards,… 86 +Best,… 87 +All the best,… 88 +Cordially,… 89 +Love,… 90 +Warm regards,… 91 +