{"id":119,"date":"2014-03-20T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T08:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/20\/emails-and-prepositions-1-about\/"},"modified":"2020-04-14T14:11:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:11:59","slug":"emails-and-prepositions-1-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/emails-and-prepositions-1-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Emails and Prepositions (1): About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you have to write <\/span>lots of emails<\/span> every day?  Do you think there is some way you can make email writing easier for you?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Yes, there is<\/span>.  One of the ways is to pay attention to \u2018<\/span>about<\/span>\u2019.  \u2018About\u2019 is very helpful. It can help you to do (at least) two things in your emails.  Which two?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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a. About (1): Saying Sorry<\/span><\/div>\n

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You have done something wrong, and your customer is angry.  What are you going to do?  <\/span><\/div>\n
Quit <\/span>your job?  Kill the customer?  But what about saying sorry by an email?    <\/span><\/div>\n

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The easy one is : <\/span> I am sorry <\/span>about<\/span> the mistake.<\/span><\/div>\n

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You learned it at kindergarten?  Alright.  What about this?<\/span><\/div>\n

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I am sorry <\/span>about<\/span> the mistake<\/span>  + <\/span>in<\/span> + the order (you made yesterday).<\/span><\/div>\n

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So, if you want to be<\/span> <\/span>more specific<\/span>, you need help.  And the word \u2018<\/span>in<\/span>\u2019 comes to your rescue.  <\/span><\/div>\n

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a1. Sorry about VS Sorry for<\/span><\/h1>\n

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<\/a>Well, you may have a question.  What is it?  What about \u2018<\/span>sorry<\/span> + <\/span>for<\/span>\u2019?  In other words, what is the difference between \u2018<\/span>sorry about<\/span>\u2019 and \u2018<\/span>sorry for<\/span>\u2019?<\/span><\/div>\n
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When you use sorry with for, you talk about doing something. What do I mean by doing something?  Read the 2 sentences:<\/span><\/div>\n

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I am sorry <\/span>about<\/span>                         the mistake.<\/span><\/div>\n
I am sorry <\/span>for<\/span>        <\/span> <\/span>making<\/span> <\/span>    the mistake.<\/span><\/div>\n

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b. About (2): Asking for It<\/span>
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Well, back to \u2018about\u2019.  You may think saying sorry is a bit negative.  Actually you can use \u2018about\u2019 positively: asking for something (making requests).  For example:<\/span><\/div>\n

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I have a few questions <\/span>about<\/span> your products.   <\/span><\/h1>\n

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Sounds too casual?  Alright.  What about this:<\/span><\/div>\n

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I would like to ask <\/span>about<\/span> your products.<\/span><\/div>\n

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b1. What about you don\u2019t want to use about?<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Well, there are lots of choices.  You can have:<\/span><\/div>\n

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a. One-Word Prepositions:<\/span><\/h2>\n

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regarding<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
concerning<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
respecting<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

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Lucky you!  They all end in \u2018ing\u2019.  So the sample sentence becomes:<\/span><\/div>\n

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I have a few questions <\/span>regarding<\/span> your products.   <\/span><\/h1>\n

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b. Three-Word Prepositions:<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Yes, some prepositions come in three words.  So the sample sentence becomes:<\/span><\/div>\n

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I have a few questions <\/span>with regard to<\/span> your products.   <\/span><\/h1>\n

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Other members in this team of three-word prepositions include:<\/span><\/div>\n

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with reference to<\/span><\/div>\n
with respect to<\/span><\/div>\n

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C. Key Points<\/span><\/div>\n

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When writing emails, <\/span>think about \u2018about\u2019<\/span>.  About helps you to<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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a. to say sorry<\/span> (sorry about that)<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span>b. to ask for something<\/span> (ask about your product) <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you have to write lots of emails every day?  Do you think there is some way you can make email writing easier for you? Yes, there is.  One of the ways is to pay attention to \u2018about\u2019.  \u2018About\u2019 is very helpful. It can help you to do (at least) two things in your emails. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/a-computer-a-woman.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}