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When you write in English, you may be less worried about how your email might be interpreted than you would if you were writing to a colleague of your own nationality. For many non-native speakers writing in English is like writing through a filter: the way you write seems to have much less importance than it would if you were writing in your own language.
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Wallwork, A. (2014). ENSURING BETTER COMMUNICATION BY USING A SOFT APPROACH. In: Email and Commercial Correspondence. Guides to Professional English. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0635-2_9
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