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Hi Tom
I'd only use the first one as a sentence in the body of an e-mail, and the second one I'd use this way (as some kind of heading or topic):
Re: your e-mail dated 4 March
Amy
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Feb 16, 2007 22:23 pm "Reference" or "With reference" |
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Yeah, the first is much better.
"Reference" in this case is a command (imperative) and, as such, the second is a run-on sentence -- or would be, regardless of its ending.
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Feb 16, 2007 22:26 pm "Reference" or "With reference" |
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You could also say the following:
In reference to...
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:05 am "Reference" or "With reference" |
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| prezbucky wrote: |
Yeah, the first is much better.
"Reference" in this case is a command (imperative) and, as such, the second is a run-on sentence -- or would be, regardless of its ending. |
Thanks.
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