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Is 'How things with you?' too frank for business email? How can I write it more appropriate? 'Do you enjoy your March? Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Howarethingswithyou? Threadstarter greenapplejam Startdate Mar16,2014 G greenapplejam Member Japanese Is'Howthingswithyou?'toofrankforbusinessemail?HowcanIwriteitmoreappropriate? 'DoyouenjoyyourMarch?'wouldworkwellandnatural? Thankyou.   Copyright SeniorMember Penang AmericanEnglish It'snottoofrank–it'stooawful,toocasualandungrammatical. Iwouldadviseyouyoutoskippersonalquestionsinbusinesscorrespondence.Thatsuggestioncanberelaxeddependingonyourrelationshipwiththisbusinessperson,butit'snotabadgeneralrule.   G greenapplejam Member Japanese Thanksalot. Sheisasomebodywhoworkwithme,butalsoakindoffriend.AndIhavetoaskatroublethingtoher.Howabout'Ihopeyouaredoingwell.'forstarttoemail.   S SusanY SeniorMember Australia BritishEnglish "Ihopeyouaredoingwell"or"Ihopeyouarewell"soundfinetomeeveninabusinesscontext.Theseexpressionsarepoliteandnottoocasual. Havingsaidthat,usagevariesindifferentcountries.InAustraliaandNewZealandwetendtobeprettycasual,eveninbusinesscorrespondence.Iwouldn'tbeatallsurprisedhereifIsawinabusinessemailphrasessuchas: "Howarethingswithyou?"(NotethatIadded'are'). or"HowareyouenjoyingyourMarch?"(AlthoughIthink"HowisMarchgoingforyousofar?"soundsmorenatural). InothercountriesIwouldtendtogoforaslightlymoreformaltone.Inmyopinion,"Ihopeyouare(doing)well"isunlikelytooffendeventhemostformalperson.   Lastedited:Mar16,2014 G greenapplejam Member Japanese ThankyouverymuchSusan!Itisveryhelpful.IthinkIrecognizedaroundthisagreement.Iwouldliketouse"Ihopeyouarewell".   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top



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