email

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• Secundair onderwijs

Before writing an email, what should you know?

You write an informal email to ...

1. Friends
2. Family members
3. People who you know
4. Your boss

Which of these sentences could you use in a formal email?

1. How are the kids?
2. Please give my love to grandma
3. I am looking forward to the party next week!
4. We are writing to inform you that ....

Informal

Greeting examples	Closing examples
- Hye - Hello (name) - Hye everyone - ...	- Lots of love - Love - Best wishes - Kindly - ........

Formal

Greeting examples	Closing examples
Dear sir/madam Dear Ms Verfaillie	Yours faithfully Yours sincerely Kind regards

Body 

1. Introduce yourself (if it's the first time you have contacted this person)

2. Identify your reason for emailing

3. Provide all the information

4. Don't forget to add the attachments (if needed)

Subject

- Don't use long sentences

- Should be short and easily searchable

I'm inviting people to my birthday party on 15/2. What could the email subject be?

When writing a formal email, what should you never do?

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