LCCI 3 Letters Register

Formal style
No colloquialisms
No contractions (like: don’t, won’t etc.)
Introductory phrases
- indirect questions
- polite requests
- reference phrases
Polite tone

Formal style
Avoidance of phrasal verbs
Sophisticated vocabulary
Tentatative language
Linking words

Formal style
Indirect questions:
We would like to know if…
We were wondering whether/if…
Could you advise us if….
Do you happen to know if…..

Formal style
Polite requests:
We would appreciate if….
Could you possibly…
Is it possible to….
We would be grateful if/for….

Formal style
Reference phrases:
As regards…
In response to…
Concerning..
Regarding…
In relation to…
In connection with
With regard to

Formal style
Sophisticated vocabulary;
- avoid verbs like: do, make, get
- use: perform, deal with, produce, manufacture, receive, obtain
- avoid the word: thing or things
- use: matters, issues, problems

Formal style
Tentative language
- introductory phrases:
It seems, there seems to be, it appears
- intruductory phrases for bad news:
I/We are sorry but… I/We are afraid…
I/We regret that….
- quantifiers: a bit, a little, a slight, not + opposite
- would and could, might

Formal style
Linking words
- and, because, although, in spite of, despite,
futhermore, additionally, in addition, moreover, therfore, however, fortunately, unfortunately