1. Business English
  2. English for emails
  3. Unit 2: Sending and receiving emails

Unit 2: Sending and receiving emails

Unit 2: Sending and receiving emails

Learn how to talk about the different parts of an email in English.

Sending and receiving emails

Read the email below and then do the tasks. Task 3 asks you questions about the email below.

Task 3: Starting an email

Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Delete

From: Samir
To: Sales Team
CC: Hatem Trabelsi; Patricia Bartlett
Subject: RE: Meeting next week
Attachments: New proposal.rtf (376KB)

Hello Sales Team,

I’ve got an idea for next week – see the attached file. I’d like to hear what you think about my suggestion.
I think Hatem and Patricia may be interested, so I’ve copied them in too. Let’s talk more at the meeting next week.

Regards, Samir

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Submitted by OlaIELTS on Sat, 23/05/2020 - 09:46

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It's really helpful.
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Submitted by zabiullah on Sat, 11/04/2020 - 10:33

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thanks from your efforts. it is useful and helpful for all of us. i would write an email to my manger please check it. Mr. Manger; first of all, i thank from your support and helping. some our member have problem, about two months they dont receive thier salary. during this global pandamic and crisis, they want to pay thier salary urgently. but we dont have enough budget. what should i do and how to pay. we are waiting for your response. regards finance

Hello zabiullah

I'm afraid we don't correct our users' emails. Sorry! We are simply too small a team with too much other work to be able to do this. If you have a question about a specific phrase, then please feel free to ask us.

All the best

Kirk

The LearnEnglish Team

Submitted by Sanjarbek on Thu, 30/05/2019 - 14:32

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I like it. Super.

Submitted by Akmal Karimov on Mon, 27/05/2019 - 13:48

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Hello Everyone!!! I am currently learning English.
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Submitted by uncle choi on Wed, 03/04/2019 - 06:20

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Hi, Dear. I want to know what the original word of c.c is. Please reply to me. Thank you. Regards, Uncle choi.
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Submitted by Kirk Moore on Wed, 03/04/2019 - 06:31

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Hello Uncle choi 'C.C.' is an acronym for 'carbon copy'. This refers to carbon tissue, a 19th and 20th century technology used to make copies of documents. If you're interested, you can see more in the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tissue). All the best Kirk The LearnEnglish Team

Submitted by jmajo on Sat, 02/02/2019 - 15:53

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Very useful and practical task, thanks for it.