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[[Please be advised]] also fails quite badly if any part of your objective is to gently persuade, or provoke in your audience a sentiment that isn’t outright resentful. No-one likes being hectored. No-one likes being addressed like a wanton child. If your correspondent is your client, and you are not in the process of closing them out, you might like to think about, | |||
“Hi Jeff, <br> | |||
Hope all is well. I am just writing to let you know that —” | |||
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