“Did my email come through? I sent it this morning.”
B1 · Intermediate10 minPhrases
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Email fails in a handful of predictable ways. A message bounces back, lands in a junk folder, sits in your outbox, or goes to the wrong person entirely. Sometimes the problem is you: you hit send before you finished the sentence.
The language here is calm and practical. Say what happened, say what you'll do, and move on. When you've made the mistake, one short apology is enough; three paragraphs of sorry make a small problem look big. And when email itself isn't working, switch channels. Pick up the phone or walk over, and say "I'm calling because my email's not getting through."
Phrases
checking that it arrived
the email came back because the address didn't work
the system may have filtered it out
you can't receive new mail until you delete some
nobody in the office can send or receive
the email hasn't left your computer yet
the email didn't arrive
one letter in the address is wrong
admitting a mistake in the recipient
asking people to disregard a message sent by mistake
you sent it before it was finished
the person's automatic message says they're away
asking them to send it again
Say it out loud
Tap a sentence to hear it. Say it after the voice.
Practice · 3 min
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Say it today
Use it once in a real conversation before tomorrow. Out loud counts, even to yourself.