Monday, 9 November 2015

formality - Formal way to say "if it doesn't work out for you, then never mind"

I think it's confusing: does "and I will meet you at the originally scheduled time" refer to the case where the reader ignores the email or the case where the reader doesn't ignore the email? This confusion arises because of the use of "and": it's like you're saying the second part of the sentence will happen whatever the result of the first part is.



You could rewrite it thus:



"If this request is not convenient then I can meet you at the originally scheduled time."



EDIT: Changed "inconvenient" to "not convenient" as this is more formal and better suited to a business context: "inconvenient" sounds too personal.

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