Directory (1) Grammar for Emails
Grammar for Writing Emails (1): Reply
Summary: This post is about how to write emails with regard to the verb ‘reply‘, a verb that has been used incorrectly by lots of people.
You will learn that ‘I will reply your email‘ is absolutely wrong, and that the concept behind is funny and easy to grasp.
In a way, you will learn what Graham Lock (a guru of English grammar) means by transitivity, an important concept in English grammar, if you want to write emails with better English.
Grammar for Writing Emails (2): as followS
Summary: This post is about how to write emails. It explains the tricky issue of why there is an ‘s’ in ‘as follows‘. You will learn that there are two explanations for this complex structure. Before you get the answer, the post explains the two meanings of ‘as’: ‘like’ and ‘because’ respectively. You will then notice that the ‘as’ in ‘as follows’ means ‘like’. Grammar for Writing Emails (3): to inform you or be informed
Summary: This post is about how to write emails in a polite way. You will learn the idea (concept) of transitive verbs, yet the term is not used in this post. Instead, an interesting and user-friendly term, Friendly Verb, is invented to make your learning fun and enjoyable.
Grammar for Writing Emails (4): Looking forward to hearING from you
Summary: This post is about how to end your emails. You will understand better one of the most troublesome words in English: to, especially when you use it to end your emails. You may be confused by ‘looking forward to hear‘ or ‘looking forward to hearing from you’.
Yet, in a funny and interesting way, this post entertains and teaches you that actually the ‘hearing‘ in ‘to hearing from you’ is something like a noun. In terms of grammar, the ‘ing’ gives you a signal that it is a gerund (a noun).
