You meet a new client at a trade fair, a supplier calls with a question, or a colleague from another office joins your project. Sooner or later someone says "Let me send you the details," and you need an address that works the first time. One wrong letter and your message goes nowhere.
The polite way to ask is a little indirect. "What's the best email to reach you at?" sounds warmer than "Give me your email," and it lets the other person choose a work or personal address. Then comes the part people rush: spelling it out. Say the symbols as words (at, dot, underscore, dash), say "all one word" when there are no gaps, and always read it back. Reading it back feels slow, but it's faster than a bounced message and a second phone call.
Phrases
a warm, natural way to ask for someone's address
a neutral request for a client or a new contact
checking that you're not writing to a personal address
how you say the at sign and the period out loud
the low line and the short line between words
there are no spaces or symbols between the parts
asking for the letters one by one
repeating the address to check it
checking a letter that sounds like another one
choosing between two addresses
sharing your address by writing first
checking whether the business card has it
a shared address for a group, not one person
Say it out loud
Tap a sentence to hear it. Say it after the voice.
Practice · 3 min
Say the line that fits. Situation on the left, one natural line on the right.
1
2
3
4
5
Say it today
Use it once in a real conversation before tomorrow. Out loud counts, even to yourself.