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Business English Emails: Learn how to write a suitable greeting in a business email



When you write a business email, it’s important to use the correct greeting. The greeting you use will depend on how well you know the person you are writing to and what position that person has. Is she a colleague you know very well or is she the CEO of your company?

Look at the greetings below, which show different greetings used in very informal, informal, formal and very formal business emails.

Do you know which greetings are suitable for which situations? [Try to figure out the answers before you look at the answers below.]

Now look at the correct answers below. How many did you get correct?



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