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Apr 14 |
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How to write a polite reminder email? I very much disagree with this. While, yes, you want to help them meet their psychological needs (cf Maslow), by apologising you are basically giving away your position, doing the animial equivilent of lying down, showing your belly and submitting. All you are likely to do here is expose yourself as weak and encourage further delay. You are much better being assertive and warm. The two are not mutually exclusive. |
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How to write a polite reminder email? Added new lines |
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Apr 4 |
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Apr 4 |
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How to write a polite reminder email? Agreed. Fixed the newlines. This answer needs a higher score! |
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Apr 4 |
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Apr 4 |
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Third person POV Tidy up of sp. and gr. |
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Apr 4 |
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Third person POV Good answer, but not all movies exclude character thoughts (which can be done as a voice-over). Your example in the second paragraph is usually referred to as "third-person objective POV". |
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Apr 4 |
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Apr 4 |
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How to write a polite reminder email? You need a new line after "Dear xxx", and possibly change "please" to "could you please" depending on your relationship. Ie, is this a request or an order? Also "Regards" may be "Kind regards" depending again on relationship. Generally "Regards" if you have a closer relationship and "Kind regards" if not. Otherwise, well worded. |
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Apr 4 |
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How to write a polite reminder email? The wording here is a little off. "I'm just sending in a query" is not correct, "This is a query" is more accurate. The second sentance should be "I have yet to recieve a response", although that's slightly passive-agressive, so "I don't believe I have recieved a response yet" is better. But also crucially you need to ask them what you want them to do, so it should end with "Can you please update me on the status of my submission?" or similar. |
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Apr 4 |
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How to write a polite reminder email? Too informal and too passive. It's also a bit of a social lie. You haven't "just been checking your mail". It's also a question they can't actually answer. You are asking them if it looks like you didn't get a response. How do they know what your mailbox looks like? You should be asking them what you want them to do. Business communication should be direct, polite, respectful and sincere. |
