User_gary  +  402883 Fri, 10 Aug 07 04:38 PM Please reply me as soon as you get this message to get aware me that you have received my message. Please correct my sentence. User_gary Joined on Fri, Jan 5 2007 Senior Member 2,545 Honesty is the best policy

	Clive  +  402886 Fri, 10 Aug 07 04:48 PM Hi, Please reply me as soon as you get this message to get aware me that you have received my message. Please reply (to me) as soon as you get this message to let me know that you have received it. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,298 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	User_gary  +  402889 Fri, 10 Aug 07 04:50 PM Hi, Thank you Clive. But do you think "get aware me" is incorrect anywhere, or it is incorrect only in this context. Please help me. User_gary

	pieanne  +  402916 Fri, 10 Aug 07 06:12 PM I'm afraid it's always incorrect  pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

	Desmond Ageratte  +  403167 Sat, 11 Aug 07 01:06 PM  User_gary wrote: Please reply me as soon as you get this message to get aware me that you have received my message. Please correct my sentence. "Please inform me as soon as you receive this message." Desmond Ageratte Joined on Mon, Feb 16 2004 Malaysia New Member 51

	Phoenix PR  +  409396 Sun, 26 Aug 07 12:00 AM Gosh, there are several alternatives (as noted by the fine folks who have replied).  Here's another one: "Please reply as soon as you receive this message so I know that you received it."  Some other thoughts: Personally, I would never write "reply back" because the word "reply" assumes that the recipient is to communicate back (i.e., reply) to the sender. I thought I might simplify the sentence even further to "Please reply as soon as you get this message," but I caught myself!  The sender wanted the recipient's reply so he/she (1) was assured that the message was indeed received and (2) learned of the message's content. Okay, I'm done analyzing this one! Phoenix PR Joined on Sat, Oct 14 2006 Arizona, USA Junior Member 60

	User_gary  +  409455 Sun, 26 Aug 07 06:57 AM Some other thoughts: Personally, I would never write "reply back" because the word "reply" assumes that the recipient is to communicate back (i.e., reply) to the sender. I thought I might simplify the sentence even further to "Please reply as soon as you get this message," but I caught myself!  The sender wanted the recipient's reply so he/she (1) was assured that the message was indeed received and (2) learned of the message's content. Okay, I'm done analyzing this one! I can't understand what you mean by these. User_gary

	Phoenix PR  +  409868 Mon, 27 Aug 07 07:32 AM Re the first bullet point, the phrase "reply back" is redundant.  One only needs to use the word "reply." Re the second bullet point, sometimes editors edit TOO much.  I was explaining why I didn't try to edit too much of the original sentence. Hope that helps. Jim Phoenix PR