Hi, alc24! I'll try to help you with these sentences. Are these sentences that you are trying to write correctly for yourself or for an assignment? 1 When/If I don't have to wait, I take the subway otherwise I take a cab. When is the

Hi, Ther is no absolute rule about this. I always use a comma. Clive I seem to remember from typing class about 100 years ago that we use the comma in personal letters, the colon in business or more formal letters. Things have

No, "Dear sir" ends with "Yours faithfully" and "Dear Mr Smith" ends with "Yours sincerely". Both are for formal business letters. (A good trick to remember them is that the two S's - "sir"

Different cultures have different ways of ending letters, from "Very respectfully," in the US military if sending a note to a superior to "Sincerely," for a common business letter to "Kindly do the needful," in ending

Thanks for your help, AlpheccaStars. I think this product would be very popular in my city / country, and I know you would be interested in increasing your sales here. I know how to present the products in a way that appeals to my local

Dear Sir: I have ordered your product, the super widget, Model AA, and look forward to using it personally. I think this product would be very popular in my city / country, and I know you would be interested in increasing your sales here. I have

Hi, Begin by writing down what you would say if you were tlking to your boss face to face, Then post that here, and we'll help you with it. Clive

Hi there, I have discovered a software called Whitesmoke; this software apparently corrects your mistakes when you write in English. Has anyone used this Whitesmoke software? How effective it is? English is not my mother tongue

First of all thanks a lot!!! I couldn't imagine that there were so many issues in my letter. Sorry that I wasn't clear enough. I should clarify things a bit before continue. The company I'm writing to is a world-wide organization. In

Dear Anon: First, as Mister M. has written, using "i" and "u" is extremely bad form in a formal letter. In fact, if I were your boss, I would consider being called "u" an insult. Second, your first paragraph is a