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Linkers in a formal letter
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zvonka.rink
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Linkers in a formal letter
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Dear colleagues,
I need your help. My students took a test in which they had to fill in the missing words in a formal letter. In one of the gaps I expected the word begin:
To begin with, I would like to have.....
Can start be used as an equivalent in a formal letter?
Also:
I �m writing to ask you for further details of the CC Restaurant and its facilities.
Can about further details ... be used and the meaning would remain the same?
I thank you so much for your help and answers. I really hope that all the suggested words are also OK because this will make my students sooooo happy.
Enjoy the weekend.
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8 Oct 2011
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remymatta
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Dear colleague,
It �s more colloquial if you use " start"; "begin" is much more appropriate for using in a formal introduction.
As for "ask for" and "ask about" they have two different meanings:
To ask for is :to demand
To ask about is to seek knowledge/inquire
about
In your case ,I think "to ask for" is the most correct one.
Some helpful suggestions:
| Main Entry: |
first |
| Part of Speech: |
adverb |
| Definition: |
at the beginning |
| Synonyms: |
at the outset, before all else, beforehand, in the first place, initially, originally, to begin with, to start with |
Hope this was Helpful :)
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8 Oct 2011
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