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Donghyun Jang

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Dear sirs,

One of my customers ask me some questions about my products.
Now, How can I reply him ?
I will give the replies by next Monday or I will give replies by next Monday.
Of cause "I will give my replies by next Monday" seems best. But if I want to reply him like above, which one would be correct ?

Thanks advance
 

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Dear teachers,

We're not all sirs.


One of my customers asked me some questions about my products.

Separate paragraphs with spaces (or indents).


Now, how can I reply to him[no space]?

I will give him the answers by next Monday or I will reply by next Monday.

[STRIKE]Of cause[/STRIKE] "I will give my replies by next Monday" seems best.

It's okay, but it's not very natural.


But if I want to reply to him with one of the examples above, which one would be correct[no space]?

Thanks. [STRIKE]in advance[/STRIKE]

Of course it's in advance. We can't answer before you ask the question.
You don't need to say next. You can say, "I'll reply by Monday."
 

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Keep it simple and save words: I'll reply by [next] Monday. "Next" can make it ambiguous; if today is Sunday the first, it clearly means Monday the eighth. But if today's Friday the first, it could mean either Monday the fourth or Monday the 11th.
 
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