Useful Expressions

Good written communication results when you say exactly what you want to say using an appropriate tone. For your message to achieve its purpose the tone must be appropriate. The expressions of your messages reflects the spirit in which you put your message across. Even when writing a complaint or replying to one, your message can be conveyed in such a way so as not to be rude or cause offence.


Here are a few useful expressions that you can use in your letters according to the types of correspondence.

  1. Openings for request letters

  2. Closes for request letters

  3. Openings for replies to requests

  4. Closes for replies to requests

  5. Openings for requests for quotations, estimates, etc

  6. Closes for requests for quotations, estimates, etc

  7. Openings for replies to requests for quotations, etc

  8. Closes for replies to requests for quotations

  9. Openings for letters of complaint

  10. Closes for letters of complaint

  11. Openings for replies to complaints

  12. Closes for replies to complaints

  13. Openings for sales letters

  14. Closes for sales letters

  15. Openings for application letters

  16. Closes for application letters

  17. Openings for favorable references

  18. Closes for favorable references

  19. Openings for offers of employment

  20. Closes for offers of employment

  21. Openings for termination of employment

  22. Closes for termination of employment

  23. Openings for testimonials

  24. Central section for testimonials

  25. Closes for testimonials

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