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Business Letter

Business letter structure

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Starting

 The aim / intention / purpose of this report is to outline / present / discuss / sum up …
 I am writing to express my concern /disappointment / alarm at hearing
 The main purpose/aim of (this …..) is to outline/ present / discuss / examine / evaluate…
 This letter (outlines/looks at)…
 This letter is based on…
 I am contacting you for the following reason...
 The purpose of this report is to…
 I have written this report to…
 This report/email has been written in order to…

Introducing Points

 To begin with … / Let us start with …


 First(ly) … / In the first place … / First of all ... / The first aspect / thing to consider is …
 Second(ly) … / Third(ly) …
 Moreover … / Furthermore … / What is more …
 Another aspect to consider … / Yet another consideration is …
 Besides that … / Apart from that … / In addition to this … / On top of that …

Expressing and supporting opinions

 I believe/do not believe that ... (because) ...


 Personally, I feel that ... Let me explain why.
 In my opinion, ... Just consider ...
 As I see it, … The reason is ...
 It seems to me that… This is because ...
 I feel very strongly that ...
 I am convinced that ...
 I am of the opinion that ...
 I am very much in favour of/against ...
 I am completely opposed to ...
 The reasons why I believe that ... are as follows.

Opening phrases

These words and expressions are especially useful in letters, essays and articles.
 People (sometimes) claim that … but I feel that ...
 It is often said/argued that ... However, it seems to me that ...
 It is a fact that ...
 Over the past few months/years, it seems that …
 Recently, we have all become concerned that …

Giving the most important information


 The main/ most important/ biggest/ most significant…

Giving more information


 In addition…/ …also…
 The second most important/ biggest/ most significant…
 Another/ An additional/ a further…

Listing arguments
These words and expressions are especially useful in letters, essays and articles.
 Firstly/In the first place / To begin with, …
 Secondly/A second area to consider is …
 Another point to remember is ...
 Finally, ...
 In conclusion, ..
 Last but not least, ...

Making recommendations
These words and expressions are especially useful in proposals and reports.
 I recommend that we ...
 I propose that we ...
 We should also ...
 I believe that we should ...
 We could ...
 If we were to… , we could ...
 I suggest we… We would then be able to ...

Summarizing
These words and expressions are especially useful in letters, essays, articles, reports, proposals and
reviews.
 All in all, I think that ...
 To sum up, I believe that ...
 In conclusion, the facts suggest that ...
 Although reactions were mixed, on the whole…
 On balance,…
 It can be seen from the data/ reactions/ information above that…
 Looking at all the things people said, on the whole…
 Taking everyone’s comments into consideration,…
 Despite the… above, in general it is clear that…
 Overall,...
Conclusion

 It can be seen from the data / reactions / information above that …


 All things considered, I believe that … / Taking everyone’s comments into consideration …
 In general / On the whole I found that …
 In conclusion … / To conclude … / To sum up … / In summary …
 To put the matter in a nutshell … / In a nutshell …

Ending sentences

 I look forward to hearing from you soon.


 I appreciate your input on this matter.
 Thank you for your understanding, and I will contact you next week with more details.
 If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
 I await your reply with interest.
 It has been a pleasure doing business with you.
 Thank you for the recommendation, and I will keep you updated on my status.
 Thank you for your time and consideration.
 Please let me know if I can be of any more assistance.

Below are some of the most common professional email, letter, and report closings.
 Best regards,
 Best wishes,
 Fond regards,
 Kind regards,
 Regards,
 Sincerely,
 Sincerely yours,
 Thank you,
 With appreciation,
 With gratitude,
 With utmost gratitude,
 Yours sincerely,
 Yours truly,

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