hi in today's video i'm going to show you how to properly write a formal email [Music] we send formal emails to people we don't know or don't know well um to other bosses teachers university professors to the people we want to do business with or to companies and like casual emails that you send to your friends and family formal emails have a very defined structure which consists of five elements subject line salutation opening body closing line is sign of a subject line is the first thing your recipient sees a recipient is a person who receives something for example your email a subject line tells us what the email is about a subject line should be short and accurate for example you should avoid vague subject lines such as these you should also avoid subject lines that are too long and very detailed you should always begin a formal email with a proper salutation if you know your recipient's name use it as well as the person's title for example if you don't know your recipient's name you can use one of these you should definitely avoid informal salutations such as these in the opening of a formal email you should either introduce yourself if necessary or thank your recipient for answering your previous message you should also briefly explain why you're contacting your recipient the body of a former email is where you include more information it doesn't have to be long but it has to be detailed so that your recipient can clearly understand your message a closing line marks the end of the correspondence it is followed by a sign of your full name and your contact information here are some more examples of closing lines and signups okay so you've written your formal email but before you send it there are still some things you need to do make sure there are no typos no mistakes make sure you spelled your recipient's name correctly make sure there are no slang terms and emojis make sure there are no contractions like won't instead of will not and last but not least make sure your email address is appropriate if you've been using the same email address since you were 13 and it's something like this it's probably time to change it to something a bit more appropriate like this visit my etsy shop for more exercises link in description let me know in the comments if you enjoyed this video and if it helped you if you'd like to support my channel you can do so by buying super thanks which is a new option on youtube to support your favorite creators also don't forget to subscribe to my channel to be up to date with my english lessons have a great day and i'll see you next time bye [Music] you