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Do you really have no opportunity to use Explorer? I mean, talk about a reason to stick with Bill. About.com is a huge resource for lots of different topics. I'm sorry, I won't paste the info here, because I'm sure it's under copyright. I'll try to take a look at the mentioned site next month. I'll...

I would be interested in seeing your set phrases as I am now teaching for the LCCI exam 25% of the marks of which are for a business letter. Hi Andrew, here a first bunch of my set phrases. If you come up with some I haven't posted I'd appreciate it if you post them. Corrections are welcome. Genera...

http://www.esl.about.com/cs/onthejobenglish/a/a_basbletter.htm Hi Andrea, the page you mention will not open while using Konqueror under linux. Will try later to open it with mozilla. But I think the site has been written for windows users. Probably it will not run correctly if you use any other br...

http://www.esl.about.com/cs/onthejobenglish/a/a_basbletter.htm A nice set of phrases for letter writing from esl.about.com. Thanks for this. I'll surely visit the site. In that case, look for information on letter writing that is directed at native speakers, rather than English learners, and adapt ...

Nice layout Andrew, and yes I agree with you in that usually no one teaches how to divide the middle section of a letter... I do try though.

Thanks Andrew... somehow I believe what they (headmaster and student) meant was something like the following: We have been asked to submit to you... Please quote for the supply of... As arranged by phone, we are sending... Much to our surprise we learn from your letter that ... Please inform us by ....

I'm no native english speaker, but have done years ago my TTC (Teachers Trainig Course) in Uruguay, South America, both from Cambridge University and from Michigan University. I'm teaching Business English in Berlin, Germany, and have always done it with the approach "Grammar Review" + "Business Cor...

:( Hi Teachers, one of my students (jobless adults doing a "Bürokommunikation mit EDV und Schwerpunkt English" course) asked me for readymade introductory sentences for the different Business Letters (sales, enquiries, orders, acknowledgments and so on). Never worked with such, but the Headmaster ca...