"Section VI: Business Phrases" (pp159-172) from Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases (New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1917) by Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953).
A - A request for further particulars will not involve any obligation
- A telegram is enclosed for your use, as this matter is urgent
- Accept our thanks for your recent remittance
- Acknowledging the receipt of your recent inquiry
- After examination we can confidently say
- After very carefully considering
- Again thanking you for the inquiry
- Agreeable to our conversation
- An addressed envelope is enclosed for your convenience
- An early reply will greatly oblige
- Answering your recent inquiry
- Any information you may give us will be appreciated
- Any time that may suit your convenience
- As a matter of convenience and economy
- As a special favor we ask
- As directed in your letter, we are shipping to you
- As explained in our previous letter
- As it will give us an opportunity to demonstrate our ability
- As stated in our previous letter
- As we have received no response from you
- As you, doubtless, are aware
- As you probably have been told
- As your experience has probably shown you
- Assuring you of every courtesy
- Assuring you of our entire willingness to comply with your request
- Assuring you of prompt and careful cooperation
- At the present writing
- At the suggestion of one of our patrons
- At your earliest opportunity
- Awaiting the favor of your prompt attention
- Awaiting the pleasure of serving you
- Awaiting your early communication
- Awaiting your further commands
- Awaiting your pleasure
B - Believing you will answer this promptly
C - Complying with your request
- Conditions make it obligatory for us
D - Do not hesitate to let us know
- Do not overlook this opportunity
- Do you realize that you can
E - Enclosed please find a memorandum
- Enclosed we beg to hand you
- Enclosed you will find a circular which will fully explain
F - For some years past
- For your convenience we enclose a stamped envelope
- For your further information we take pleasure in sending to you
- Frankly, we believe it is extremely worth while for you
- From the standpoint of serviceability
H - Here is a complete answer to
- Here is your opportunity
- Hoping for a continuance of your interest
- Hoping for a definite reply
- Hoping that our relations may prove mutually satisfactory
- Hoping to be favored with your order
- How may we serve you further?
- However, because of the special circumstances attached
I - I am compelled to inform you
- I am confident that you will be thoroughly satisfied
- I am directed to say to you
- I am, gentlemen, yours faithfully
- I am giving the matter my personal attention
- I am, my dear sir, yours faithfully
- I am still holding this offer open to you
- I ask that you be good enough
- I beg to request that you give me some information
- I believe I understand perfectly just how you feel about
- I have been favorably impressed by your
- I have now much pleasure in confirming
- I have pleasure in acknowledging
- I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
- I have the honor to remain
- I herewith submit my application
- I highly appreciate this mark of confidence
- I look forward to pleasant personal relations in the future
- I regret exceedingly to inform you
- I remain, my dear sir, yours faithfully
- I shall be pleased to forward descriptive circulars
- I shall esteem it a personal favor
- I should welcome an interview at your convenience
- I sincerely hope that you will give the subject your earnest consideration
- I take pleasure in replying to your inquiry concerning
- I trust I shall hear from you soon
- I want to express the hope that our pleasant business relations will continue
- I want to interest you
- I want to thank you for your reply
- I wish to confirm my letter
- If I can be of further service, please address me
- If it is not convenient for you
- If there is any valid reason why you are unable
- If we can be of service to you
- If we can help you in any way
- If we have not made everything perfectly clear, please let us know
- If you accommodate us, the favor will be greatly appreciated
- If you are interested, please let us hear from you
- If you are thinking about ordering
- If you desire, our representative will call
- If you have any cause for dissatisfaction
- If you give this matter your prompt attention
- In accordance with the terms of our offer
- In accordance with your request
- In answering your inquiry regarding
- In any event, a reply to this will be very much appreciated
- In closing we can only assure you
- In compliance with your favor
- In compliance with your request, we are pleased to send to you
- In conclusion, we can assure you
- In order to facilitate our future transactions
- In reference to your application
- In regard to your proposition
- In reply thereto, we wish to inform you
- In reply to your valued favor
- In response to your recent request
- In spite of our best efforts it is not probable
- In thanking you for the patronage with which you have favored us
- In view of all these facts, we feel justified in claiming
- Information has just reached me
- It gives us pleasure to recommend
- It has consistently been our aim to help our customers
- It is a matter of great regret to us
- It is a pleasure for me to answer your inquiry
- It is a well known fact
- It is interesting to note
- It is our very great pleasure to advise you
- It is the policy of our house
- It seems clear that our letter must have miscarried
- It was purely an oversight on our part
- It will be entirely satisfactory to us
- It will be our aim to interest you
- It will be readily appreciated
- It will be to your advantage
- It will doubtless be more convenient for you
- It will interest you to know
- It will receive the same careful attention
J - Just mail the enclosed card
K - Kindly endorse your reply on the enclosed sheet
- Kindly let us have your confirmation at your earliest convenience
- Kindly let us know your pleasure concerning
- Kindly read the enclosed list
L - Let me thank you for the opportunity to give this matter my personal attention
- Let us assure you of our desire to cooperate with you
- Let us assure you that we are very much pleased
- Let us know if there is any further attention
- Let us thank you again for opening an account with us
- Looking forward to the early receipt of some of your orders
M - May I ask you to do us a great favor by
- May we be favored with a reply
- Meantime soliciting your forbearance
- Meanwhile permit me to thank you for your kind attention
O - On referring to your account we notice
- Our letter must have gone astray
- Our relations with your house must have hitherto been very pleasant
- Our services are at your command
- Our stock has been temporarily exhausted
- Owing to our inability to collect out-standing debts
P - Permit me to add
- Permit us to express our sincere appreciation
- Please accept the thanks of the writer
- Please consider this letter an acknowledgment
- Please favor us with a personal communication
- Please feel assured that we shall use every endeavor
- Possibly the enclosure may suggest to you
- Promptly on receipt of your telegram
- Pursuant to your letter
R - Recently we had occasion
- Referring to your esteemed favor
- Regretting our inability to serve you in the present instance
- Reluctant as we are to believe
- Requesting your kind attention to this matter
S - Should you decide to act upon this latter suggestion
- So many requests of a similar nature come to us
- Soliciting a continuance of your patronage
T - Thank you for your expression of confidence
- Thanking you for your inquiry
- Thanking you for your past patronage
- Thanking you for your promptness.
- Thanking you in advance for an early reply
- Thanking you in anticipation
- The causes for the delay were beyond our control
- The margin of profit which we allow ourselves
- The proof is in this fact
- The proposition appeals to us as a good one
- Therefore we are able to make you this offer
- Therefore we trust you will write to us promptly
- These points should be most carefully considered
- This arrangement will help us over the present difficulty
- This is according to our discussion
- This matter has been considered very seriously
- This personal guarantee I look upon as a service to you
- This privileged communication is for the exclusive use
- This will amply repay you
- Trusting that we may have the pleasure of serving you
- Trusting to receive your best consideration
U - Under no circumstances can we entertain such an arrangement
- Under separate cover we are mailing to you
- Under these circumstances we are willing to extend the terms
- Unfortunately we are compelled at certain times
- Unless you can give us reasonable assurance
- Upon being advised that these terms are satisfactory
- Upon receiving your letter of
W - We acknowledge with pleasure the receipt of your order
- We admit that you are justified in your complaint
- We again solicit an opportunity
- We again thank you for your inquiry
- We always endeavor to please
- We appreciate the order you were kind enough to send to us
- We appreciate your patronage very much
- We are always glad to furnish information
- We are anxious to make satisfactory adjustment
- We are at a loss to understand why
- We are at your service at all times
- We are confident that you will have no further trouble
- We are extremely desirous of pleasing our patrons
- We are in a position to give you considerable help
- We are in receipt of your communication regarding
- We are indeed sorry to learn
- We are perfectly willing to make concessions
- We are pleased to receive your request for information
- We are pleased to send you descriptive circulars
- We are reluctant to adopt such severe measures
- We are satisfied regarding your statement
- We are sending to you by mail
- We are sorry to learn from your letter
- We are thoroughly convinced of the need
- We are totally at a loss to understand
- We are very anxious to have you try
- We are very glad to testify to the merit of
- We ask for a continuance of your confidence
- We ask that you kindly let us hear from you
- We assume that you are considering
- We assure you of our confidence in the reliability
- We assure you of our desire to be of service
- We await an early, and we trust, a favorable reply
- We await the courtesy of an early answer
- We beg a moment of your attention and serious consideration
- We believe that if you will carefully consider the matter
- We believe you will readily understand our position
- We can assure you that any order with which you favor us
- We desire information pertaining to your financial condition
- We desire to effect a settlement
- We desire to express our appreciation of your patronage
- We desire to impress upon you
- We expect to be in the market soon
- We feel assured that you will appreciate
- We feel sure that you will approve of our action in this matter
- We frankly apologize to you
- We hasten to acknowledge the receipt
- We have anticipated a heavy demand
- We have, as yet, no definite understanding
- We have come to the conclusion
- We have endeavored to serve the needs of your organization
- We have found it impossible
- We have much pleasure in answering your inquiry
- We have no desire to adopt harsh measures
- We have not had the pleasure of placing your name on our ledgers
- We have not, however, had the pleasure of hearing from you
- We have not yet had time to sift the matter thoroughly
- We have the honor to be, gentlemen
- We have the honor to inform you
- We have thought it best to forward
- We have your request for information regarding
- We hesitated for a while to pursue the matter
- We hope that an understanding can be reached
- We hope that we shall have many opportunities to demonstrate our ability
- We hope that you will find the enclosed booklet very interesting
- We hope to hear favorably from you
- We hope you will appreciate
- We hope you will excuse the unavoidable delay
- We invite your attention to
- We must insist upon a prompt settlement
- We must, therefore, insist on the terms of the agreement
- We note that the time is at hand
- We offer you the services of an expert
- We particularly want to interest you
- We realize that this matter has escaped your attention
- We realize that this is simply an oversight on your part
- We regret exceedingly that you have been inconvenienced
- We regret our inability to meet your wishes
- We regret that owing to the press of business
- We regret that this misunderstanding has occurred
- We regret that we are not in a position
- We regret that we are unable to grant your request
- We regret the necessity of calling your attention
- We regret to be compelled for this reason to withdraw the privilege
- We regret to learn that you are disappointed
- We remain, dear sir, yours faithfully
- We remain, gentlemen, with thanks
- We shall await your early commands with interest
- We shall await your reply with interest
- We shall be glad to fill your order
- We shall be glad to have you tell us frankly
- We shall be glad to render you any assistance in our power
- We shall be happy to meet your requirements
- We shall be indebted to you for your courtesy
- We shall be pleased to receive the remittance
- We shall be pleased to take the matter up further
- We shall do everything in our power
- We shall do our best to correct the mistake
- We shall feel compelled
- We shall heartily appreciate any information
- We shall use every endeavor
- We suggest that this is an opportune time
- We suggest that you consider
- We take pleasure in enclosing herewith
- We take pleasure in explaining the matter you asked about
- We take the liberty of deviating from your instructions
- We take the liberty of writing to you.
- We thank you for calling our attention
- We thank you for your courteous letter
- We thank you for your kind inquiry of recent date
- We thank you very gratefully for your polite and friendly letter
- We thank you very much for the frank statement of your affairs
- We thank you very sincerely for your assistance
- We think you will agree
- We trust our explanation will meet with your approval
- We trust that we may hear favorably from you
- We trust that you will give this matter your immediate attention
- We trust you may secure some of the exceptional values
- We trust you will find it correct
- We trust you will not consider us unduly strict
- We trust you will promptly comply with our previous suggestions
- We understand your position
- We urge that you write to us by early mail
- We venture to enclose herewith
- We very much wish you to examine
- We want every opportunity to demonstrate our willingness
- We want particularly to impress upon you this fact
- We want to please you in every respect
- We want to remind you again
- We want you to read the booklet carefully
- We will at once enter your order
- We will be compelled to take the necessary steps
- We will be glad to lay before you the fullest details
- We will be pleased to give it careful consideration
- We will gladly accommodate you
- We will gladly extend to you similar courtesies whenever we can do so
- We will make it a point to give your correspondence close attention
- We would appreciate a remittance
- We would consider it a great favor
- We would draw your attention to the fact
- We would request, as a special favor
- We write to suggest to you
- We write to urge upon you the necessity
- We wrote to you at length
- While we appreciate the peculiar circumstances
- While we feel that we are in no way responsible
- Why not allow us this opportunity to satisfy you
- Will you give us, in confidence, your opinion
- Will you give us the benefit of your experience
- Will you kindly advise us in order that we may adjust our records
- Will you please give us your immediate attention
- With our best respects and hoping to hear from you
- With reference to your favor of yesterday
- With regard to your inquiry
- With the fullest assurance that we are considering
- With the greatest esteem and respect
Y - You are certainly justified in complaining
- You are evidently aware that there is a growing demand
- You are quite right in your statement
- You cannot regret more than I the necessity
- You undoubtedly are aware
- You will find interest, we believe, in this advance announcement
- You will get the benefit of this liberal offer
- You will have particular interest in the new and attractive policy
- Your early attention to this matter will oblige
- Your further orders will be esteemed
- Your inquiry has just been received, and we are glad to send to you
- Your orders and commands will always have our prompt and best attention
- Your satisfaction will dictate our course
- Your trial order is respectfully solicited
- Your usual attention will oblige