Stephen Yu is tentative (uncertain or not definite) when he informs Katherine Chu about
his departure date. Which words indicate this tentativeness?
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To: Katherine Chu,
Regional Manager From: Stephen Yu, Sales Date : Subject: My resignation
I am writing to inform you of my intention to resign from G & S Holdings.
I have appreciated very much my four years working for the company. The training has
been excellent and I have gained valuable experience working within an efficient and
professional team environment. In particular, I have appreciated your personal guidance
during these first years of my career.
I feel now that it is time to further develop my knowledge and skills base in a
different environment.
I would like to leave, if possible, in a month's time on .
This will allow me to complete my current workload. I hope that this suggested arrangement
is acceptable to the company.
Once again, thank you for your support.
Answers:
Stephen is writing to inform his manager of his resignation.
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The word resignation in the subject heading 'My resignation' and in the
first paragraph, "I am writing to inform you of my intention to resign from G & S
Holdings."
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He used polite phrases for the following reasons:
he wants to break the news as gently as possible, to avoid annoying the manager. Staff
resignations cause trouble for a manager, as the manager then has to recruit another
member of staff, which is a time-consuming, expensive and troublesome process.
he's writing to the Regional Manager, who has a higher status in the company
he may want a good reference letter
he may want Katherine Chu to be a referee for him in future
The polite phrases are:
"I have appreciated very much my four years..."
"I have gained valuable experience working within an efficient and professional
team environment. In particular, I have appreciated your personal
guidance..."
"Once again, thank you for your support."
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"I would like to leave, if possible,.." This is tentative
becase it uses a conditional sentence (conditional sentences use 'if' and have a comma in
the middle).
" I hope that this suggested arrangement is acceptable to the company". This is
tentative because of the word 'hope'.
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