III. Warm-up Exercise
Now, suppose your company needs 10,000 pcs 100% cotton women’s printed T-shirt. You are writing to a clothing supplier as an inquiry. In the inquiry, you should also ask for some information about the goods.
writing; draft and write an inquiry and the reply.
Section One
General Introduction
Inquiries are used quite often as usual ways for the communication between the future seller and buyer. Generally speaking, there are two kinds of inquiries: general and specific inquiries.
May I suggest a visit to our showrooms? Then we shall demonstrate the various machines and at the same time show you our wide range of office equipment.
Yours truly, John Smith Purchase Manager
Sample 2
Dear Sirs, We owe your name and address to one trade partner on the Chinese Import & Export Commodities Fair in Guangzhou who has informed us that you are one of the largest exporters of plastic products in Europe, and you wish to extend export business to our market. You will be pleased to note that we are importers of plastic products, having over 50 years’ experience in this area. At present, we are keenly interested in household plastic products and we will be pleased if you kindly send us your latest price list and catalogue for all kinds of household plastic products specifying the specifications and designs. We appreciate your early reply.