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Lesson | Business English Skills: How to Write Effective Openings and Closings to Emails
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This lesson is part of a full course, Business English Networking. Take this lesson to get a short tutorial on the learning objectives covered. To dive deeper into this topic, take the full course. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: (1) Write effective sentences to begin an email; and (2) Write friendly, closing sentences.
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Reviewed on Aug 30, 2020
The course was short and sweet. It covered the fundamentals on formal, neutral and informal tones in email writing.
Reviewed on Jan 2, 2022
Very informative, I learned the right ways to write effective openings and closings to emails. Thank you.
Reviewed on Jul 3, 2020
It's a nice course indeed for any professional person who really wants to write a professional mail.
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