“Please disregard my last message. It was mistakenly sent to the wrong group.”

You wrote an email for work and sent it to an email group. After you sent it, you realized that you sent it to the wrong group. You send another message to the same group, which says:

Please disregard my last message. It was mistakenly sent to the wrong group.

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“I'm looking for a studio in the range of about $1200 a month, preferably downtown.”

You're trying to find an apartment in a new city that you're going to move to. You want to use a real estate agent to help you find it. You find the e-mail address of a real estate agent on the Internet and begin writing an e-mail to her. You write:

I'm looking for a studio under $1200 a month, preferably downtown.

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“If payment is not received by January 15th, you will be charged a $150 penalty.”

You work in the management office of an apartment building. One of the tenants hasn't paid his rent yet for this month, and the payment is 10 days overdue. You're writing a letter to warn him to pay his rent. You explain what will happen if he doesn't pay soon:

If payment is not received by January 15th, you will be charged a $150 penalty.

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“Dear Mr. Kent: I am writing to inform you that we have not yet received your rent payment for this month.”

You work in the management office of an apartment building. One of the tenants hasn't paid his rent yet for this month, and the payment is 10 days overdue. You're writing a letter to warn him to pay his rent immediately. You start the letter:

Dear Mr. Kent:

I am writing to inform you that we have not yet received your rent payment for this month.

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“Hi Tony. Any update on the status of the next shipment?”

You're responsible for coordinating shipments of supplies to a factory for your company. One of your suppliers e-mailed you yesterday to say that their shipment might be delayed. Today you want to know the latest news, so you write an e-mail to the supplier which starts:

Hi Tony,
Any update on the status of the next shipment?

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“All proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen foundation to fund cancer research.”

You're working on a charity event to raise money for cancer research. You'd like to ask some of your coworkers for help with the event, so you write an e-mail about it to a group of people. You explain where the money from the event will go to like this:

All proceeds will go to The Susan G. Komen foundation to fund cancer research.

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“Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.”

You're working on a charity event to raise money for cancer research. You'd like to ask some of your coworkers for help with the event. You send an e-mail to a group of coworkers describing what you want, and near the end of the message you write:

Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

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“I've been having excruciating sinus headaches for the last few days.”

You're feeling sick with a sinus infection. You were supposed to meet a friend for dinner tomorrow evening, but you don't think you're going to feel better by then. You're writing an email to explain why you can't make it. You write:

I've been having excruciating sinus headaches for the last few days.

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“If there are any issues that require immediate attention, I can be reached on my mobile at 646-469-XXXX.”

You're going on vacation. You're leaving an e-mail out-of-office message to let people know that you won't answer their e-mails. But you want people to call you if there's an emergency, so you write:

If there are any issues that require immediate attention, I can be reached on my mobile at 646-469-XXXX.

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“I will be out of the office for the week of December 27, with limited access to e-mail.”

You're going on vacation. You want to leave a message on your e-mail that lets people know that you're not at work. In your out-of-office message you write:

I will be out of the office for the week of December 27, with limited access to e-mail.

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