Letter 1

Dear Professor …,

I would be pleased to accept a 200-word abstract of your article “Biological Nitrogen Fixation “ for publishing in “Chemical Abstracts.”

We look forward to receiving this abstract as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,

Name

Editor-in Chief

Letter 2

Dear Madam,

“Physical Abstract” carried an abstract of …… . I would very much appreciate having a reprint of this paper and kindly ask you to send it to me at your earliest convenience.

With best wishes,

Name

Letter 3

Dear Professor …..,

Dr. …… has shown me your letter requesting reprints of papers on fluorochemicals. This is within my area of active research, and I am keenly interested in the developments of electrochemical fluorination. I am eager to know what research has been done in your country in recent years.

It would be a great honour for me to correspond with you and other researchers in your country and to exchange reprints.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Name

Laboratory of Fluorination, Chief

Letter 4

Dear Dr. …..,

Please find enclosed the galley-proof of your review …. for final reading. Since we are eager to have the book published before the end of the year, we ask you to make the appropriate corrections and return the proofs without delay. The printers have set a December 10, 2004 deadline for printing the review. Please take that into account.

In compliance with your request I am sending you a copy of the Solid-State Physica, V. 3, No. 4, 2002. Please acknowledge the receipt of the journal.

Yours sincerely,

Name

Letter 5

Dear Prof. …..,

Would it be possible for you to help us collect samples of ….. . We intend to elaborate an entirely new system of classification based on the principles of ……. . Your assistance would be of great value to us.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Name

Letter 6

Dear Dr. …,

Your manuscript has been received in good order and will be considered for publication in the Journal of Electroceramics.

You are kindly requested to complete the enclosed “Consent to Publish & Transfer of Copyright” form and return it to us at your earliest convenience. In the event that your manuscript is NOT accepted for publication, the signed form will be returned to you.

We will contact you again as soon as a final decision has been made by the editor, Prof. ….. .

Please remember to quote the manuscript number JECR111-98 in all future correspondence.

Thank you for your interest on our journal.

Yours sincerely,

Name

Editorial Office JECR

Here are some more phrases used to make a request:

I would greatly appreciate receiving a reprint of your paper ………

Please acknowledge the receipt of the following publication (reprint) …….

Please let me know whether I may have the text of my paper distributed among the participants.

Could you inform me about the scientific program in more detail?

I would appreciate further details of the symposium program.

I would very much appreciate information about accomodation , travel and living expenses and the terms of financing them.

We would like your permission to translate your reprint and submit it to (publish it in) the Journal of Mathematics.

I would like to ask you to ….

Could you please ….?

I would appreciate it very much if you could ….

I would be very grateful to you if you could …..

Would it be possible for you to …..?

TASKS

1. Write a letter expressing a request for exchanging scientific information. Explain why you want to exchange information.

2. Write a letter requesting a reprint of the paper that was published in “Chemical Abstracts”, December 19, 2005 under the title ….. .

3. Write a letter Dr….. to supply you with the recent experimental data on …. . Explain why you need the experimental data.

Read the samples and note how to give reply a request favourably: