ESL, Formal, General & Business Letter Writing (English language)

Re: My cover letter!

26TMNTJG2PG — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:50:32 GMT

"I am to writing you" is definitely wrong. It should be "I am writing to you". The original poster noticed it as shown in the re-draft. As such, I did not bother to make a correction. Thank you, Enrico, for pointing out. If possible, please let me know all other such incidents which are purely fat-fingering mistakes.

âI don't think you can ever have I am to + -ing form, but sometimes to works as a preposition, and must be followed by a gerund. Some examples:

I am looking forward to seeing you.

I am used to working hard.

I object to working late in the night.â â Agreed in toto.

âYou need to say, "I would appreciate it ..." - Agreed but âitâ is very commonly left out as understood.

Re: My cover letter!

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:48:16 GMT

Hi. I have a master's in education and a master in humanities. You need to say, "I would appreciate it ......" Carole in Umatilla

Re: My cover letter!

Tanit — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:32:55 GMT

Anonymous
For istance, you wrote "I am to writing you" instead of "I am writing you".

Hi

You need "I am writing to you" in British English or "I am writing you" in American English. (I hope the latter is correct... I'm used to BrE!)

I don't think you can ever have I am to + -ing form, but sometimes to works as a preposition, and must be followed by a gerund. Some examples:

    I am looking forward to seeing you.
    I am used to working hard.
    I object to working late in the night.

If you need to know more about these, you'd better post a new thread and hope Cool Breeze stops and helps.

Re: My cover letter!

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:50:22 GMT

Hi!

I noticed that you frequently use "I am + to + gerund". I rather would use "I am + gerund".

For istance, you wrote "I am to writing you" instead of "I am writing you".

I would really appreciate if anyone could answer to the following two questions:

1) Why do you prefer to use "I am + to + gerund"?

2) Should I use "I am to applying for the position" instead of "I am applying for the position"?

Thank you kindly in advance for your consideration.

Enrico

Re: My cover letter!

Sharleenandrea — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:20:45 GMT

Thank you! I'll follow your advice!

Re: My cover letter!

26TMNTJG2PG — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:48:42 GMT

The suggestions are good. It is always better to have a face to face interaction when clarifications can be sought for the use of the most appropriate words.

Perhaps, the first paragraph can be slightly improved as follows:-

I had the opportunity ~~to attend~~ of attending the meeting you hosted on ** last October, during the ** Expo in Milan, and ~~I had~~ the pleasure of speaking with you for a while after the meeting.

Wish you all the best.

Re: My cover letter!

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:16:25 GMT

Thank you!
Yesterday I had lunch with an English colleague, I made him read my letter and he gave me these suggestions: what do you think about them?

Dear Mr. ***,

I had the opportunity to attend the meeting you hosted on ** last October, during the ** Expo in Milan, and I had the pleasure of speaking with you for a while after the meeting.

My name is ************ *******and I am currently completing a nine month internship at *******, in the ********** Division. I am part of the ************ team, working directly with senior Bankers and assisting them in their activities.

The reason I am writing to you is that I have a strong interest in markets and investment products, and I am looking for a position which is more closely related to these areas, especially at a firm like **. I would appreciate if you could take the time to consider my curriculum vitae.

Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Yours sincerely

** **

Re: My cover letter!

26TMNTJG2PG — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:29 GMT

Dear Mr. ***,

I had the opportunity to attend the meeting you ~~managed~~ conducted last October, during the *** Expo in Milan, on (Name of the company's) certificates, and had the pleasure of speaking with you for a while after the meeting.

My name is *** *** and I am currently completing a nine months' internship at (Name of the company), (Name of the division) Division. I am part of the (Name of the team) team, working directly with Senior Brokers and assisting them in their activities.

The reason why I am to writing you is that I have a strong interest in markets and investment products, and I would ~~consider~~ hope for a position strictly related to these subjects, especially in a firm like (Name of the company): that is ~~the reason~~ why I would appreciate it very much if you would considered my curriculum vitae.

I look forward to hearing from you. Should you have any question, do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for your time and attention.

My cover letter!

Sharleenandrea — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:52:51 GMT

Hi everybody! Here is my cover letter: I have to send it to the director of a brokerage firm I knew some months ago; I would want to make it more elegant... Can you help me?
Thank you!!

Dear Mr. ***,

I had the opportunity to attend the meeting you managed last October, during the *** Expo in Milan, on (Name of the company's) certificates, and had the pleasure of speaking with you for a while after the meeting.

My name is *** *** and I am currently completing a nine months internship at (Name of the company), (Name of the division) Division. I am part of the (Name of the team) team, working directly with Senior Brokers and assisting them in their activities.

The reason why I am writing you is that I have a strong interest in markets and investment products, and I would consider a position strictly related to these subjects, especially in a firm like (Name of the company): that is the reason why I would appreciate if you considered my curriculum vitae.

I look forward to hearing from you. Should you have any question, do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Sincerely,

(My name and surname)