Email to colleague.

[Learnerlyfe]

Hi all,

could you please help in correcting this email.
Thank you!

Hi Xxx,


Manager has asked me to finish the documentation for project by close of business today and hence I won’t be able to attend the 2 PM meeting today. Is it ok if I call you tomorrow morning to get meeting updates?


Thanks,
LL

 

[Tdol]

You need some definite articles and a couple of commas.

 

[Tarheel]

Hi all,

Would you help me correct this email?

Hi Xxx,

My manager has asked me to finish the documentation for project by close of business today, so I won’t be able to attend the 2 PM meeting today. Is it OK if I call you tomorrow morning to get meeting updates?

Thanks,
LL

It still needs some articles.

 

[Tdol]

the project

 

[Tarheel]

the close

 

[emsr2d2]

the close

"by close of business" (no article) is OK in BrE.

 

[tedmc]

I think by "close of business" is too formal and not natural.
How about "before office finishes"?

 

[5jj]

I think by "close of business" is too formal and not natural.

It's OK.

How about "before office finishes"?

That isn't.

 

[tedmc]

How about "before office finishes"?
That isn't.

What's wrong with "before office finishes"?

 

[probus]

"Before office finishes" is quite unnatural.

 

[tedmc]

How else do you say it other than "before close of business"? Is this the usual way natives say it?

How about:
before office ends/closes, before the end of office hours?

 

[emsr2d2]

How else do you say it other than "before close of business"? Is this the usual way natives say it?

How about:
before office ends/closes :cross:
before the end of office hours :tick:

"By close of business" is the standard phrase in BrE.