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Dear Sir Dear Madam Dear Sir or Madam |
(formal) | Yours faithfully |
Dear Mr Watson Dear Ms Sykes Dear Mrs Blake Dear Miss Lyon |
Yours sincerely | |
Dear Karen |
(informal) |
Kind regards Best regards Best wishes |
The reference
Thank you for your offer of 1 November 2002.
With reference to your enquiry ...
Further to our telephone conversation earlier today, ...
The reason
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Good news
I am delighted to tell you that ...
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You will be glad to hear that ...
Bad news
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Unfortunately ...
I am afraid ...
Requests
We would be grateful if you could ...
Could you possibly ...
I would appreciate if you could ...
Please ...
Offering help
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Would you like me to ...?
We could certainly ...
Enclosing / Attaching documents
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Closing
Thank you for your help.
Please contact us again if we can help in any way.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.
I look forward to hearing from you.
I look forward to doing business with your company.
I look forward to receiving your offer in the near future.