{"id":18990,"date":"2021-01-14T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=18990"},"modified":"2023-10-18T21:56:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:56:06","slug":"polite-english-phrases-for-e-mails-requesting-and-thanking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/polite-english-phrases-for-e-mails-requesting-and-thanking\/","title":{"rendered":"Polite English Phrases for E-Mails: Requesting and Thanking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"This is a guest post by Anne Damiecka. Anne is a professor of English for Speakers of Other Languages and co-founder of Worldwide Speak<\/strong><\/a>.She has been teaching for over 20 years and holds a master’s degree in Linguistics (TESOL). She is dedicated to helping students all over the world improve their English language skills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Two of the most common reasons people send emails are to ask for things and to say \u201cthank you.\u201d In both of these situations, English speakers use specific phrases to make their emails sound softer and more polite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Without these phrases, it is very easy for an email to sound \u201ctoo direct\u201d or even a little aggressive, which is not what you want. Let\u2019s look at some simple phrases you can use in request emails and thank you emails to make your message polite and diplomatic.<\/p>\n

Request Emails: How to Begin<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It is more polite if you can begin your email with a greeting and a line of introduction before you make your request. You might use one of these phrases for your greeting:<\/p>\n