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Please discard my previous email. vs Please ignore my previous email.

Both phrases are grammatically correct, but the meanings are different. "Please discard my previous email" means the writer of the email is telling the recipient delete the email. "Please ignore my previous email" simply means that the recipient should not pay attention to the email.

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Last updated: September 07, 2022 • 315836 views

Please discard my previous email.

This phrase is correct.

The phrase "Please discard my previous email" is a polite way of saying that the person wants the recipient to delete the previous email.

Some examples from our editors:

Please discard my previous email because it has errors
Please discard my previous email and focus on the new one
Please discard my previous email before anyone else sees it
Please discard my previous email and don\'t discuss it with anyone
Please discard my previous email, as the calculations in it are incorrect
Please discard my previous email to prevent the spread of false information

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Ron, I have a gazebo update So ignore all my previous voicemails and emails.
The refore, please discard unused reconstituted concentrate immediately.
Therefore, please discard unused reconstituted concentrate immediately.
Please discard these appropriately and safely.
May I discard my disguise as well?
Something being removing the last traces of my previous roommate.
My previous statement accurately reflects what I saw.
Admittedly, I was too impatient with my previous experiments.
My previous source of entertainment just got fired.
Welcome to KMailCVT - The KMail Import Tool This program will help you import your email from your previous email program into KMail. Please select the program you would like to import from, then click'Next'.
My daughter Clare forwarded me your email.
Just doing homework, sending some emails.
Whoever scrubbed the material forgot to check Sebastian's emails.
They were followed by exchanges of emails.
Apparently, based on my previous purchases, they assumed it was fraud.
Nell had run into... one of my previous flings.
My previous calculations were based on a false premise.
My previous diagnosis May have been premature, slappy.
I remember when she told me I was in this wheelchair because I'd sinned in my previous life.
Curiously, I found our New York brethren much less willing than my previous ones in Chicago.

Some alternatives from our editors:

Please delete my previous email
Please get rid of my previous email
Please dispose of my previous email
Please put my previous email in the trash
Please throw away my previous email
Please eliminate my previous email

Please ignore my previous email.

This phrase is correct.

The phrase "Please ignore my previous email" is a polite way of asking the recipient to disregard the contents of an earlier email.

Some examples from our editors:

Please ignore my previous email about the meeting time change
Please ignore my previous email where I accidentally included the wrong attachment
Please ignore my previous email and just use the information in this one
I'm sorry for the confusion, so please ignore my previous email
Please ignore my previous email since it contains outdated information
Please ignore my previous email that has the wrong dates for the conference

Show examples from the web [+]

Ron, I have a gazebo update So ignore all my previous voicemails and emails.
Please ignore this insensitive distraction, and join me now in holding hands.
Javier, please ignore her and finish what you were saying.
Please ignore any offers made while in my condition.
Campers, please ignore the helicopter.
Please ignore all my theories up to this point.
If you've all got texts, please ignore them.
Anyway, DJ, please ignore their ignorance.
Please ignore every sensible instinct you have and continue this conversation.
The jury will please ignore the last remark.
Please ignore the fact that I'm anatomically correct, as that has no bearing on this discussion.
- If you've all got texts, please ignore them.
Now I'm using microseconds wrongly here, so please ignore me.
Gary, could you please ignore Jonah for me?
Ignore my request, and I'll post the codes online.
Nice of you to ignore my phone call.
The jury, in their wisdom, chose to ignore my explicit instructions.
I had an impulse, I should always ignore my impulses.
I beg you, ignore my vile words.
I can't just ignore my oral hygiene.

Some alternatives from our editors:

Please disregard my previous email
Please ignore the email I sent earlier
Kindly ignore my previous email
I would appreciate it if you could ignore my previous email
Could you please ignore my previous email?
Please don\'t pay attention to my previous email

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