{"id":74359,"date":"2024-09-23T13:55:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/?p=74359"},"modified":"2024-09-23T16:25:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T16:25:06","slug":"phrases-for-business-email-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/phrases-for-business-email-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Business English 309: Me Again! Phrases for Business Email Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you have a lot of conversations over email with work colleagues?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s common to have a lengthy back-and-forth over email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You need phrases and strategies for these emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen in today and learn some tips on how to have a conversation via email with a colleague or superior at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emails at work<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Aubrey asks Lindsay if she ever has email conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindsay says that she does and it’s tricky to know how to start the additional replies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you know which vocabulary to use?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may get tripped up with what tone to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should it be formal or informal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You also have to consider what yours emails are about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s episode was inspired by a listener\u2019s question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today’s question<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I’ve just participated in your amazing event – AEE Olympic Games, it was gorgeous \ud83d\ude42 And Poland won \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been with your podcast for the last few months and I listen to it every morning while walking with my dog Hunter \ud83d\ude42 I mostly listen to business english episodes, many thanks for this, it helps me at my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I have a question for you, maybe you could make an episode about common phrases\/sentences used in an e-mail conversation, such as phrases for the beginning and end of the e-mail, both formal and informal? Will be great \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you so much and big greetings from Poland, connection not perfection \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kind regards,
Tomek<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Email conversations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It can be tricky when having conversations via email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a lot of things you have to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Tomek mentioned in his question, you also have to take into consideration how you end an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was covered in a past in episode which is AEE 1922: Avoid this Mistake: How to NOT End Business Emails<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is the correct tone?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The phrases you use in an email will be very different for formal and informal emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You would usually be formal when talking to a client or colleagues you don\u2019t know well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can be informal if you\u2019re emailing a co-worker you know well and work closely with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we’ll share phrases for email conversations of each tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avoid repeating openers and closers and use natural phrases like these to continue the conversation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These examples show how to structure an email<\/a> in different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#1: Opening<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Always acknowledge previous emails and then continue the conversation and share information or ask a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n