is this sentence correct? "Should you need any further assistence, please tel me"

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Re: is this sentence correct? "Should you need any further ...

Posted by: 白人 on Aug 24, 2009 12:31pm

"Should you" is ok, and yes, it means "if you" in this case.

However, the end of the sentence doesn't match the start of the sentence. "Should you" is quite formal, whereas "tell me" doesn't really match that level of speech. I think something like this would be better:

Should you need any further assistance, please let us know.
Should you need any further assistance, please contact us.

If you are replying as an individual, and not as an organization, you can change 'us' to 'me'. You can also change 'need' to 'require', which will make it a little more formal as well:

"Should you require any further assitance...".

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bobby_liu

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Re: is this sentence correct? "Should you need any further ...

Posted by: bobby_liu on Aug 24, 2009 12:56pm

白人 wrote:

"Should you" is ok, and yes, it means "if you" in this case.

However, the end of the sentence doesn't match the start of the sentence. "Should you" is quite formal, whereas "tell me" doesn't really match that level of speech. I think something like this would be better:

Should you need any further assistance, please let us know.
Should you need any further assistance, please contact us.

If you are replying as an individual, and not as an organization, you can change 'us' to 'me'. You can also change 'need' to 'require', which will make it a little more formal as well:

"Should you require any further assitance...".

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