Writing Formal and Informal Letters. Part 1. Домбровская И.В - 63 стр.

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                                         APPENDIX
Accepting an invitation
Opening      Formal                                      Informal
Remarks      I would be delighted to, I would be         I'd love to come, Thanks for the kind invi-
             honoured to, I am writing to accept your    tation, The party you invited me to sounds
             kind invitation, etc                        lovely, I'd be glad to, etc
Closing      I will be attending, I look forward to      I can't wait to see you again, Until next
Remarks      seeing you, etc                             Saturday then, etc

Refusing an invitation
Opening      Formal                                      Informal
Remarks      It will be impossible to attend, I am un-   I'm afraid I can't come, I'm sorry to tell
             able to fit it into my schedule, I am       you, I'd love to come but, I can't make it, I
             afraid I am unable to, I have to refuse,    won't be able to come, etc
             Owing to other commitments, etc
Closing      I am sorry to miss the opportunity of, I    It's a real shame, I hope we can get together
Remarks      hope to be given the opportunity to meet    some other time, I'm sorry to miss, How
             you some other time, etc                    about next week instead, etc

Asking for information
Opening      Formal                                      Informal
Remarks      I am writing to ask/inquire about, Could    Can you send me, Tell me if, Let me know,
             you possibly send, May I request, I         etc
             would be grateful if, Could you please
             send further details, etc
Closing      I would appreciate it if you could inform   Let me know, Tell me soon, Send me the
Remarks      me as soon as possible, I look forward to   details, etc
             receiving, It would be of great help if
             you could fax me the details, etc

Giving information
Opening      Formal                                      Informal
Remarks      I am writing to inform you about, In re-    After you asked me to, This is what I found
             ply to your query, The following infor-     out, I hope this is the information you were
             mation is what was requested, I am          looking for, This is what you asked me
             pleased to be able to assist you in your    about, etc
             enquiries, etc
Closing      I hope that I have been of some help to     I hope this will help you, Let me know if
Remarks      you, I trust that this is the information   you need any more help finding out about,
             you require, Please inform me if I can      I'm glad I could help you, etc
             be of any further assistance, etc

Letters of advice
Opening      Formal                                  Informal
Remarks      I strongly recommend that, I would sug- If I were you, How about doing this, Why
             gest that, I believe the best course of don't you, Let me give you some advice, etc
             action is, I would advise you to, etc