1. A formal way to say that you 'asked the person for' something before, is:

• Clarify

• We requested

• We would be very grateful if

A formal way to say in an email 'we are thinking about' doing something, is:

• Which we hope you could answer

• Could you also please confirm

• We are considering

When you have more than one question to ask, you use this to introduce the first question.

• Which we hope you could answer

• First of all

• In particular

A more formal way to say in an email 'also', is:

• In addition

• In particular

• We require

A politer way to say 'we want', is:

• Which we hope you could answer

• We would appreciate it if you could forward this to us

• We require

A polite way to ask the person to send you something (e.g. a file, a document, etc...) by email, is:

• Could you also please confirm

• We requested

• We would appreciate it if you could forward this to us

A phrase like 'specifically', which is used to say exactly what information you want them to give you, is:

• First of all

• In addition

• In particular

A verb used to ask the person to 'explain' something to you, is:

• Clarify

• We requested

• We are considering

A formal way to say that 'you would be pleased' if they do something for you, is:

• We requested

• Which we hope you could answer

• We would be very grateful if

How you begin a question when you want the person to tell you if something will happen (or is included) or not, is:

• We are considering

• Could you also please confirm

• We would appreciate it if you could forward this to us