Thank you so much! I hope so too. We've been sharing the channel with more and more people so hopefully it keeps growing! And, hope to get to different parts of the world soon to meet with folks and build the channel. :)
Thanks, could you please tell us about usage of punctuation mark after greetings. Sometime writers use comma after greeting and some writers use colon. Could you please explain the usage of these two puctuation marks in email writing?
Great question as always. TBH, it's often just up to the writer's personal style. However, I'll say this: The colon will usually make the message feel more formal. We see that more in formal letters or about serious topics. The comma can be used either for informal or formal, making it typically a safer choice. I would say in the U.S., people use the commas much more than the colons, though a few use the colon.
Hi there, Erin! It has been a while since I last "showed up" here on your RUclips channel and I hope that all is well with you and your loved ones. That's a very useful video to help use both "the" and the "a" articles correctly. On a side, bur also related note, I noticed in one of the first illustrations the word order "report draft." I may be wrong, but wouldn’t the word "draft" come before the noun "report" as in "draft report"? I just hope my question above makes sense and look forward to hearing back from you soon on the above. Till then, I hope you have a fantastic day and a wonderful remainder of your week. Bye!
Hi Rodrigo, so great to hear from you! And, excellent question. I can see how either order could be used in different situations, and it's all about which word we're using as the central noun and which will become the adjective. Like you mentioned, "draft report" would make a lot of sense since we typically put adjectives before nouns in English. For example, we might also say "long report." These examples focus on describing the "report." If we use "draft" as the central noun, then "report" becomes the adjective. Like, What kind of draft? A "long draft" or a "report draft." Great question, thank you! And best wishes to you and yours!
@@HighValueWriting Hello, Erin! What a delightful surprise to hear from you, as always! Thanks so much for taking the time to explain to me some possible usages of the word "draft", which can be either a noun or an adjective, depending on the word order. As I happen to work for an insurance company and have to send out quotes to local brokers on a daily basis, oftentimes, I find myself wondering whether the correct word order, in the context above, would be either "draft policy" or "policy draft" as I have come across both phrases in email correspondences. I once asked both an American and an English native speakers which was which, and was told the correct phrase when referring to the policy in its draft phase was "draft policy" - not the other way around. At any rate, thank you SO MUCH for kindly helping me take my English skills to the next level - you rock! Stay safe and all the best!
Wow, what a great example, Rodrigo! I had never thought of that one. How interesting that "draft policy" is the main choice used at your work. In a way, "drafted policy" could also work, ha! I would've had the gut reaction to say "policy draft," but I can see how either could work in different teams. Thanks for your support and happy to be connected!
@@HighValueWriting Hi, Erin! Apologies for not responding sooner. I think "drafted policy" could easily work as well, but when referring to this type of document, whose synonym can be "quote," in my daily email messages at work, I just go ahead and use the phrase "draft policy," as opposed to "policy draft," to avoid any confusion or any misunderstanding. I really don't want to sound too repetitive, but I definitely enjoy your videos a lotando! Please keep up the wonderful job you've been doing since you created your RUclips channel. Well, I don't know whether you've ever been to Brazil before or if you have any plans in the future, but if you happen to come down to São Paulo one of these days, then please do let me know in advance. I would be so thrilled to meet you in person and grab a cup of coffee and shoot the breeze a little bit. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day and have a wonderful weekend ahead! Wishing you and all your loved ones abundant health, prosperity, peace and joy - which are the utmost things (to me) that the world seems to be needing these days. Warm regards to you. Bye! 😃
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Thank you so much! I hope so too. We've been sharing the channel with more and more people so hopefully it keeps growing! And, hope to get to different parts of the world soon to meet with folks and build the channel. :)
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Thanks, could you please tell us about usage of punctuation mark after greetings. Sometime writers use comma after greeting and some writers use colon. Could you please explain the usage of these two puctuation marks in email writing?
Great question as always. TBH, it's often just up to the writer's personal style. However, I'll say this: The colon will usually make the message feel more formal. We see that more in formal letters or about serious topics. The comma can be used either for informal or formal, making it typically a safer choice. I would say in the U.S., people use the commas much more than the colons, though a few use the colon.
Hi there, Erin! It has been a while since I last "showed up" here on your RUclips channel and I hope that all is well with you and your loved ones. That's a very useful video to help use both "the" and the "a" articles correctly. On a side, bur also related note, I noticed in one of the first illustrations the word order "report draft." I may be wrong, but wouldn’t the word "draft" come before the noun "report" as in "draft report"? I just hope my question above makes sense and look forward to hearing back from you soon on the above. Till then, I hope you have a fantastic day and a wonderful remainder of your week. Bye!
Hi Rodrigo, so great to hear from you! And, excellent question. I can see how either order could be used in different situations, and it's all about which word we're using as the central noun and which will become the adjective.
Like you mentioned, "draft report" would make a lot of sense since we typically put adjectives before nouns in English. For example, we might also say "long report." These examples focus on describing the "report."
If we use "draft" as the central noun, then "report" becomes the adjective. Like, What kind of draft? A "long draft" or a "report draft."
Great question, thank you! And best wishes to you and yours!
@@HighValueWriting Hello, Erin! What a delightful surprise to hear from you, as always! Thanks so much for taking the time to explain to me some possible usages of the word "draft", which can be either a noun or an adjective, depending on the word order. As I happen to work for an insurance company and have to send out quotes to local brokers on a daily basis, oftentimes, I find myself wondering whether the correct word order, in the context above, would be either "draft policy" or "policy draft" as I have come across both phrases in email correspondences. I once asked both an American and an English native speakers which was which, and was told the correct phrase when referring to the policy in its draft phase was "draft policy" - not the other way around. At any rate, thank you SO MUCH for kindly helping me take my English skills to the next level - you rock! Stay safe and all the best!
Wow, what a great example, Rodrigo! I had never thought of that one. How interesting that "draft policy" is the main choice used at your work. In a way, "drafted policy" could also work, ha! I would've had the gut reaction to say "policy draft," but I can see how either could work in different teams. Thanks for your support and happy to be connected!
@@HighValueWriting Hi, Erin! Apologies for not responding sooner. I think "drafted policy" could easily work as well, but when referring to this type of document, whose synonym can be "quote," in my daily email messages at work, I just go ahead and use the phrase "draft policy," as opposed to "policy draft," to avoid any confusion or any misunderstanding. I really don't want to sound too repetitive, but I definitely enjoy your videos a lotando! Please keep up the wonderful job you've been doing since you created your RUclips channel. Well, I don't know whether you've ever been to Brazil before or if you have any plans in the future, but if you happen to come down to São Paulo one of these days, then please do let me know in advance. I would be so thrilled to meet you in person and grab a cup of coffee and shoot the breeze a little bit. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day and have a wonderful weekend ahead! Wishing you and all your loved ones abundant health, prosperity, peace and joy - which are the utmost things (to me) that the world seems to be needing these days. Warm regards to you. Bye! 😃