[General] hereunder

[Will17]

Hello!


Can you tell me if this sentence is properly built, please?:

"Further to our telephone conversation this morning, you'll find hereunder my comments:"

Thanks a lot
Will

 

[bhaisahab]

Hello!


Can you tell me if this sentence is properly built, please?:

"Further to our telephone conversation this morning, you'll find hereunder my comments:"

Thanks a lot
Will

Yes, it's OK. Note that "hereunder" is quite formal, it's used mainly in legal or official documents.

 

[Rover_KE]

. . .and the formality of hereunder does not sit well with the informality of you'll.

Rover

 

[Will17]

Yes, it's OK. Note that "hereunder" is quite formal, it's used mainly in legal or official documents.

Thank you.

How would you put it then?

"You'll find my comments next"?

Cheers.

W

 

[bhaisahab]

Thank you.

How would you put it then?

"You'll find my comments next"?

Cheers.

W

There are several possibilities, perhaps, "Further to our telephone conversation this morning, I would like to make the following comments:......."

 

[Will17]

There are several possibilities, perhaps, "Further to our telephone conversation this morning, I would like to make the following comments:......."

Thank you. That's the sentence I'll use.

Just for my information, could I write:

"Further to our telephone conversation this morning, here are my comments:
-
-......."

Thanks a lot
W

 

[bhaisahab]

Thank you. That's the sentence I'll use.

Just for my information, could I write:

"Further to our telephone conversation this morning, here are my comments:
-
-......."

Thanks a lot
W

Yes, you could.

 

[BobK]

:up: I know some businesses would prefer to put the reference first like this, I'm not a fan of the 'further to...' construction, which seems to me a bit Dickensian. I'd prefer something like 'Here are my comments on our telephone conversation.' Or, if appropriate, comment on the conversation:'It was good to speak to you on the telephone this morning. Here are some further thoughts I've had.' Or just 'I'll just recap what we said, for the record.'

b

 

[Allen165]

Does "further to" mean "with reference to our conversation" or something like "to follow up on our conversation"? Or something else?

Thanks!

 

[bhaisahab]

Does "further to" mean "with reference to our conversation" or something like "to follow up on our conversation"? Or something else?

Thanks!

To me it means "to follow up on" or "to take further".

 

[Allen165]

NOT A TEACHER.

In that case, I would write "as a follow-up to our conversation" because "further to" is just so stiff. But I'm not sure the second part makes sense.

"As a follow-up to our conversation, you'll find my comments below."

I think that would work only if he was asked to or said he would provide comments on something. If he wants to comment on the conversation itself, I don't think it makes sense to write that. Perhaps:

"As agreed, here are my comments of the conversation we had."

Or maybe I'm just overinterpreting.