Letter 5

Dear Prof. … ,

Would it be possible for you to help us collect samples of... We intend to elaborate an entirely new system of classification based on the prin­ciples of... Your assistance would be of great value to us.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Name

Here are some more phrases used to make a request:

I would greatly appreciate receiving a reprint of your paper... .

Please acknowledge the receipt of the following publication (reprint) … .

Please let me know whether I may have the text of my paper distributed among the participants.

Could you inform me about the scientific program in more detail?

I would appreciate further details of the symposium program.

I would very much appreciate information about accommodation, travel and living expenses and the terms of financing them.

We would like your permission to translate your reprint and submit it to (publish it in) the Journal of Mathematics.

I would like to ask you to … .

Could you please … ?

I would appreciate it very much if you could … .

I would be very grateful to you if you could … .

Would it be possible for you to … ?

TASKS

Write a letter expressing a request for exchanging scientific information. Explain why you want to exchange information.

2. Write a letter requesting a reprint of the paper that was published in “Chemical Abstracts”, December 19, 2005 under the title … .

3. Write a letter asking Dr. … to supply you with the recent experimental data on … . Explain why you need the experimental data.

Now read the following samples and note how to reply a request favorably.

Letter 1

Dear Dr…,

I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of May 15 in which you ask me to supply you with the samples of…._... I have already instructed some of my co-workers to collect the following samples for you:

1…

2…

3…

The elaboration of a new classification on the basis of... is exceedingly interesting and useful, especially in our field of work I hope to send you the samples in 5 or 6 days.

I am happy to be of assistance to you and wish you much success in your work.

Yours sincerely,

Name

Letter 2

Dear Dr... ,

I'm sorry I have not replied earlier to your letter and must apologize for not sending you the reprint until now. Unfortunately I've run out of the copies and have to order another shipment. I hope you will find the reprint helpful in your experiment. As soon as you get the final results, I would be grateful if you could send them to me as I wish to

use them for plotting curves.

I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Name