Looking forward to your reply?

Dear teachers,

MsWord prompts me 'fragment revise' when I type 'Looking forward to your reply?'. Could you please tell me how it should be corrected? And what other way I could express the urge of getting a reply from someone in a polite and formal manner?

Thank you for the help and time spent on this.

Best wishes,
Kltakky

[Casiopea]

"Looking forward to your reply" is okay. It's a standard if not common closing in letters.

The problem here is MicroSoft. :grab: They need to udpdate their grammar checker so as to add exceptions like "looking forward to your reply".

It's a fragment alright: It doesn't have a subject; but, when it's used as a closing, it's perfectly acceptable.

[Tdol]

The Microsft grammar check is notoriously weak. Many of its suggestions are wrong and others are pointless. Their thesaurus is a bit dodgy too- they suggest 'son' is a synonym of 'dughter', which leaves me wondering. I never have the grammar check turned on. The spell check is wonderful, though.

[Casiopea]

computer keys

udpdate = update

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[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Casiopea

computer keys

udpdate = update

Does that work with Japanese?

:wink:

[Casiopea]

Cute. You actually had me thunking there for just a mo'.

Good on ya! :D You made my day. Thanx 8)

[RonBee]

:wink: