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INVITING, OFFERING, REQUESTING, REPETITION

Phrases for Personal and Social Correspondance

Openings:

The standard opening for personal correspondence is Dear but variations include:

My dear ...
My dearest ...
Darling ...

Useful sentences:

Thank you for your letter inviting, offering, confirming I am delighted to announce that
I am very grateful to you for letting me know, offering, writing I was delighted to hear that
It was so kind of you to write, invite, send I am sorry to inform you that
Many thanks for sending, inviting, enclosing I was so sorry to hear that
I am writing to tell you that  

Closures: for formal situations

Best wishes
With best wishes
Kindest regards

Closures: for close friends and family

All my love See you soon
All the best Once again many thanks
Love I look forward to seeing you soon
Lots of love With love and best wishes
Much love With love to you all
With love Do give my kindest regards to …
Love from us both  

request

We got your address from ...
Your advertisement has come to our attention.
We were told that you produce ...
We intend to buy ... / We are considering the purchase of ...
We have a steady demand for ...
We would like to know more about ...
Could you please send us information about ?
Please send us your catalogue/catalog

offer

We are pleased to hear that you are interested in our products.
We hereby send you our offer.
Enclosed please find our offer. / Enclosed you will find our offer.
We are pleased to make the following offer
We assure you that your order will be dealt with promptly.
Please let us know your requirements as soon as possible.
We look forward to receiving your order

order

Enclosed please find our order. / Our order is enclosed.
We would like to place the following order
We herewith order the following items
We require the goods urgently.
We would be grateful if you could deliver as soon as possible.
Please let us know when we can expect the delivery