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Writing an informal email or letter In todays world it is very important to say connected with people.

Globalization has made our world smaller and English has emerged as the main language internationally. In this post we are going to talk about an essential part of communicating. We are going to take a look at some useful language when we write informal emails or letters. There are three parts when we write an email or letter. These are the introduction, the body and the conclusion.

The introduction In this section we use opening expressions and the reason of our email. We can also thank or answer a previous email which we received. A veces nos cuesta empezar una carta o email. Una buena forma es mencionar la razon por la que escribimos despues de un opening expression. Esto ayuda a que el compositor y el lector entiendan el proposito principal de la carta o email. El prrafo de introduccin solo consta de algunas lineas. Opening Expressions: How to start an email / letter How are you?How have you been? Hows everything going?I was glad to hear from you.I hope things are going well with you these days. I hope you are doing fine.Hope you are well.Whats new? Reason one is writing: I am writing because The reason I am writing is because I wanted to I would like to Opening Expressions when we answer an email / letter Thanks for you email / letterIt was great to hear from youIt was so nice to hear from you. Sorry for not writing earlierI hope you and your family are well Responding to news Sorry to hear aboutGlad to hear that youre all wellGood luck with Hope you feel better soon

Body

This is the most important part. Here we talk about the main subject and expand with details about the reason of writing the email. If we talk about two different things it is best to write another paragraph. Intenten ordenar sus ideas en el cuerpo principal para que puedan desarrollar un patron lgico para ordenar sus ideas. Cuando tienen mas de una idea podran empezar con : First, I wanted to let you know Esto ayuda a que el lector pueda entenderlo mejor. Then if you need to ask for something I suggest the following expressions: Asking for something Can you please?Is it ok if you ?I want to Would you mind ?I was wondering if

Conclusion Closing expressions Anyway, / Well thats all for nowHope to hear from you soon / Looking forward to hearing from you soonSend my regards (love) toTake care / Best wishes / Regards / (Lots of) love fromSincerely,Stay in touch / Keep in touchBye for nowSee you PS Please send me the photos of our last trip

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