Phrases for email writing

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

• clarify

• we requested

• we would be 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

• In particular,

• First of all,

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

• in addition,

• we require

• in particular

A more polite way to say 'we want', is

• we would appreciate of you could forward this to us

• which we hope you could answer

• we require

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

• we requested

• we would appreciate if you could forward this to us

• could you also please confirm?

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 are considering

• we requested

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

• which we hope you could answer

• we requested

• 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 would appreciate if you could forward this to us

• Could you please confirm

• We are considering