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The Power of the First Sentence: Why Most Business Letters Lose the Reader in Line One
The Power of the First Sentence: Why Most Business Letters Lose the Reader in Line One
Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

The Power of the First Sentence: Why Most Business Letters Lose the Reader in Line One

Levitin Language School | Career and Language Skills🔗 Choose your language “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.”— Will Rogers Why the First Sentence Matters More Than You Think In business communication, most people worry about the closing line — how to sound polite, how to sign off correctly.But the truth […]

Tymur Levitin | LEVITIN SCHOOL Tymur Levitin
• 13.10.2025 • 4 min read
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Formal, Polite, Useless: Why Business Emails Fail — and How to Write Them Right
29.09.2025

Formal, Polite, Useless: Why Business Emails Fail — and How to Write Them Right

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

Levitin Language School | Career and Language Skills 🔗 Choose your language 📌 Learn more about studying English:👉 English learning with a tutor Why “Polite” Emails Don’t Always Work Every manager knows the type of email that looks perfect: polite phrases, formal grammar, elegant closings.And yet — the reply is confusing, delayed, or simply absent. […]

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