Hi, I'm Mike. Welcome to Oxford Online English.
In this lesson, you can learn how to write an email in English. Do you need to write emails at work?
Are you worried that your emails aren't clear, or that you make mistakes in English? In this lesson, you can see how to write clear, natural-sounding emails easily and quickly.
We'll show you how to write an email in English from beginning to end, in simple, clear steps that you can follow right now! Let's start at the beginning.
With emails, you can start like a letter. For example: "Dear Lina,", "Dear Sir/Madam," or "Dear Mr Hill,".
However, emails are generally much less formal than letters. Use a greeting with "dear" only if you're writing something formal.
So, what else can you use? Many emails start with "hello", or "hi" plus the person's name.
For example: "Hello," or "Hi Ryan,". In many business emails, you'll follow the greeting with something like: "I hope you're well." or "How are you?"
In business emails, these are simply polite phrases, and they don't generally need an answer. For more informal emails, you can start with just the word "hi" or "hey", plus a comma.
You can also just write the person's name plus a comma. This is a more professional style, even though it's more informal.
