In this series, “Quick Tip”, we offer you linguistic rules of thumb. These explore grammar rules that will help you keep your business correspondence and marketing materials error-free. After all, you want your writing to reflect just how professional you are, don’t you?
So, here’s our first grammar tip for writing business correspondence and marketing materials:
The last time you wrote an e-mail asking a colleague to meet a deadline, you may have written, “Will you try and have that done on Monday?”
That’s fine for everyday relaxed conversation (and e-mails).
But for formal, precise prose, use the infinitive: try to (“Will you try to have that done on Monday?”).
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