{"id":88,"date":"2013-03-23T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/23\/writing-emails-as-follows\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:30:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:30:15","slug":"writing-emails-as-follows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/writing-emails-as-follows\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Emails: as followS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n<\/i><\/span><\/i>Dear Ms Funny<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

The information you needed is as follows<\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Do you add ‘s’<\/span> at the end of the ‘follow’? Or do not add <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/b>‘s’<\/span> <\/span>at the end of the ‘follow’? <\/span>Before you know which one is correct, there<\/span><\/span> is <\/span>a question<\/span> for you.  <\/span><\/span><\/span>
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\n<\/span>What is it? <\/span><\/span><\/span>What is \u2018as<\/span>\u2019 in ‘as follows’? Or, what does \u2018as\u2019 mean here?  <\/span>
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\n<\/span>(There are)<\/span> two options<\/span> for you to choose.<\/span>
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\n<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

————————————————<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/a>Option \/ Meaning (1)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Read the sentence: <\/span>He is <\/span>as<\/span> cool <\/span>as<\/span><\/span> Johnny Depp. <\/span><\/span>So what does \u2018as\u2019 mean? <\/span>It means he is <\/span>like<\/span> Johnny Depp.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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Option \/ Meaning (2)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


\n<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But what about the \u2018as\u2019 in the following situation, your<\/span> presentation<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As <\/span>you all know, our company is becoming bigger and bigger.  <\/span>(<\/span>I guess you will say so even if your company is getting smaller and smaller.<\/span>)  <\/span><\/span><\/span>
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\n<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>What does \u2018as<\/span>\u2019 mean here?  <\/span>Not sure about it? <\/span>Put differently, why do you say \u2018<\/b><\/span>As <\/span>you all know<\/span> \u2019?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


\n<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Is it a <\/span>comment<\/span>?  <\/span>A <\/span>comment<\/span> about which you think <\/span>everyone knows<\/span> that your company is getting bigger and bigger, that the information is shared by everyone in the room, right?<\/span><\/div>\n

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So now back to the email, \u2018<\/span>as follows<\/span>\u2019.  <\/span>Which meaning, one or two, is similar to \u2018as follows\u2019?  <\/span>I guess you\u2019ve <\/span>got it<\/span>.  <\/span>The \u2018as\u2019 in \u2018<\/span>as follows<\/span>\u2019 is very much like \u2018<\/span>as cool as<\/span>\u2019, right?  <\/span>In other words, the \u2018<\/span>as<\/span>\u2019 in \u2018<\/span>as<\/span> follows\u2019 means:<\/span><\/div>\n

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                           <\/span>  like<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Well, now you know what \u2018as\u2019 means, but <\/span>why<\/span> there is \u2018<\/span>s<\/span>\u2019 in \u2018follows\u2019?  There are <\/span>two<\/span> explanations.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Explanation <\/span>1: <\/span>There is a \u2018<\/span>what\u2019<\/span>?<\/span>  What does that mean<\/span>? <\/span>Read the following email:<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span>
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\n<\/span><\/div>\n

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You may insert \u2018what\u2019<\/span> <\/span>before<\/span> \u2018follows\u2019<\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/span>Explanation <\/span>2: <\/b><\/span>Yet, there is more than one explanation.  <\/span>Read the following email. <\/span>
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\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>
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\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/span>You may insert<\/span> \u2018it\u2019 <\/span>before<\/span> \u2018follows\u2019<\/span>.  <\/span>Well problem solved, right?  <\/span>There is still a <\/b><\/span>F<\/span>ee<\/span>l G<\/span>oo<\/span>d<\/span> <\/span>tip for you, but this time you have to work it out yourselves.  <\/span>Before you feel surprised<\/span>, if not disappointed, <\/span>break the code<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A<\/span>s<\/span>  +   follow<\/span>s<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/span>Pic sources:<\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/balladist\/2376057218\/sizes\/z\/in\/photostream\/<\/span><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/revstan\/4412635671\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/76029035@N02\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bobnrenee\/4338327776\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/carbonnyc\/2206470413\/sizes\/z\/in\/photostream\/<\/u><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28096801@N05\/4729446076\/<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
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