![]() Well, what about the following sentence? I told you to finish it before 6pm. ![]() How bad is it? It implies that ‘you’ is inferior, that ‘you’ has a lower status, and that the one who writes the email has more ‘power’ than ‘you’. ![]() What problem is it? It implies something bad. _ INFORM + YOU There is a problem with ‘ inform + you ’. (Why: The you (the friend) is missing) In other words, in the above sentence, ‘inform’ becomes a Lonely Verb, with no friends around. Click here to get an answer to your question Look at the following letter:Respected Sir, I am writing to inform you that I have received your letter. I told.) With the idea of Friendly verbs, you can see that the coming sentence is ABSOLUTELY wrong : I am writing to inform that you have won a prize. So you do not write things like: I informed. (What is a Friendly Verb? A verb that wants to be with a person, or a friend all the time. Our Email service is now running on a more. So the friend of ‘inform’ is ‘you’, and you can’t leave out the word ‘you’, which is why ‘inform’ is a Friendly Verb. Team CCC would like to inform you that our institute email service has been migrated from Zimbra to G-Suite. What ? What do I mean? I mean ‘inform’ is usually followed by someone (or a friend ), for example, I am writing to inform you that you have won a prize. ![]() How special is it? It is a Friendly Verb. But there is something more about the verb ‘inform’. Sentence 1 is in passive voice, so it is more polite. So which one is more polite? You probably think that the first one is more polite, right? But why ? What why ? I mean, if you want to improve, enhance, upgrade, or boost your Office (business) English, you have to know why, the reasons behind, right? _ WHY’BE INFORMED’ IS MORE POLITE So here you are, the reasons behind. ![]()
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