Templates
Outlines for the emails you send most
A blank compose window is the expensive part. Each template here gives you the real section headings, what each one has to accomplish, the questions that fill it, and phrasing you can adapt.
5 TEMPLATES
Pick your message
Follow-up email after no response
Someone who sent a proposal, invoice, question, or request and got silence back — a client, a prospect, a vendor, or a colleague on another team — and needs to nudge them in English without sounding pushy, apologetic, or like they're translating a script from their own language.
Deadline Extension Email
For anyone writing in English as a second language who has to tell a manager, client, or teammate that a deadline moved — under time pressure, without three paragraphs of apology or a vague new date that leaves the reader guessing.
Declining a Request (Client or Colleague)
ESL professionals who need to turn down extra scope, an unreasonable deadline, or a colleague's favor in English — without the "no" getting lost under layers of politeness borrowed from their first language.
Status Update
ESL professionals who send a recurring status update to a manager, client, or stakeholder and need the blocker and the ask to land clearly, without either hiding the problem or apologizing for normal progress.
Apology Email Template
ESL professionals who need to send an accountable apology email in English after missing a deadline, shipping an error, or causing a miscommunication — without it reading as theatrical ("this unforgivable error") or evasive ("sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused").
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