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Do you have trouble deciding how to start and end your emails in English? In this video, Justin from The London School of English Canterbury teaches you how to do it well. He also explains how to use different expressions depending on your familiarity with the person you are sending your email to. Is it better to say 'Yours sincerely' or 'Cheers'? Watch this video to find out!

Email writing tips

The following list will help you to decide how to choose the most appropriate words to start and end your emails.

Starting an email in English

Dear

This is a safe, formal and polite way of addressing somebody, particularly if you have not communicated with them before.

Hello

'Hello' has a mixture of formality, politeness and friendliness. It is a good way to start an email.

Hi

'Hi' is much more informal. You would probably use it with a person you know quite well, particularly with a colleague or people in your team.

Ending an email

Yours sincerely

This is the most formal way to end an email in English. It is a safe and polite way of addressing somebody you don't know very well.

Kind regards / Best regards

These two impressions mean the same thing. This is the standard way people end business emails in English these days.

Best wishes

This is a friendly, slightly formal but an appropriate way of ending an email to somebody you know reasonably well.

Thanks

This is a very informal way of ending an email. You can use the ending 'Thanks' if you know someone very well. This could be your team member, a colleague or a client that you have known for a long time.

Cheers

As 'Thanks' above, this is a very informal ending. You should use it only if you know someone really well and are in touch with them on a fairly regular basis.

If you are still not sure how to start or end your email and you have already received an email from somebody then you can simply copy the way they started and ended their email.

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cut, cut, cut, couper

hurt, hurt, hurt, blesser

let, let, let, permettre, louer

put, put, put, mettre, poser

set, set, set, fixer

read, read, read, lire

shut, shut, shut, fermer

bend, bent, bent, (se) courber

bring, brought, brought, apporter

build, built, built, construire

buy, bought, bought, acheter

burn, burnt, burnt, brûler

dream, dreamt, dreamt, rêver

catch, caught, caught, attraper

fight, fought, fought, se battre, combattre

feel, felt, felt, (se) sentir, éprouver

get, got, got, obtenir

find, found, found, trouver

hear, heard, heard, entendre

have, had, had, avoir

learn, learnt, learnt, apprendre

lead, led, led, mener

light, lit, lit, allumer

lend, lent, lent, prêter

make, made, made, faire, fabriquer

lose, lost, lost, perdre

meet, met, met, rencontrer

mean, meant, meant, signifier, vouloir dire

say, said, said, dire

pay, paid, paid, payer

send, sent, sent, envoyer

sell, sold, sold, vendre

sit, sat, sat, être assis

shoot, shot, shot, tirer

smell, smelt, smelt, sentir

sleep, slept, slept, dormir

stand, stood, stood, être debout

spend, spent, spent, dépenser, passer (le temps)

strike, struck, struck, frapper

stick, stuck, stuck, coller

tell, told, told, dire, raconter

teach, taught, taught, enseigner

understand, understood, understood, comprendre

think, thought, thought, penser

You are almost half-way through!

win, won, won, gagner

beat, beat, beaten, battre

become, became, become, devenir

come, came, come, venir

run, ran, run, courir

awake, awoke, awoken, (se) réveiller

be, was/were, been, être

bear, bore, borne, supporter

begin, began, begun, commencer

bite, bit, bitten, mordre

blow, blew, blown, souffler

break, broke, broken, casser

choose, chose, chosen, choisir

do, did, done, faire

draw, drew, drawn, dessiner

drink, drank, drunk, boire

drive, drove, driven, conduire

eat, ate, eaten, manger

fall, fell, fallen, tomber

fly, flew, flown, voler

forbid, forbade, forbidden, interdire

foresee, foresaw, foreseen, prévoir

forget, forgot, forgotten, oublier

forgive, forgave, forgiven, pardonner

freeze, froze, frozen, geler

give, gave, given, donner

go, went, gone, aller

grow, grew, grown, grandir, faire pousser

hide, hid, hidden, (se) cacher

know, knew, known, savoir, connaître

lie, lay, lain, être étendu

ride, rode, ridden, aller (à cheval, à vélo, à moto...)

ring, rang, rung, sonner

rise, rose, risen, s'élever, se lever

see, saw, seen, voir

shake, shook, shaken, secouer

show, showed, shown, montrer

sing, sang, sung, chanter

speak, spoke, spoken, parler

steal, stole, stolen, voler

swear, swore, sworn, jurer

swim, swam, swum, nager

take, took, taken, prendre

tear, tore, torn, déchirer

throw, threw, thrown, jeter

undergo, underwent, undergone, subir

wake (up) , woke (up) , woken (up), (se) réveiller

wear, wore, worn, porter (un vêtement)

write, wrote, written, écrire

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