Common English Mistakes in Business Emails by Ukrainian Speakers

This page focuses on errors typically made by native Ukrainian speakers from Ukraine when writing a Business Email in English.

Mistake Example #1

Using 'will' incorrectly in conditionals ('If it will rain, I will stay' instead of 'If it rains, I will stay')

Subject: Meeting Confirmation Dear Mr. Smith,I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to confirm our meeting scheduled for next week. If it will bes possible, I would like to discuss the new project proposal in detail. If ithere will bare any changes to the agenda, please let me know in advance. Thank you for your cooperation.Best regards,Oleksandr.

Text corrected by:
Jennifer, Detroit, Michigan USA

"I made some changes to the verb tense and fixed a couple of other minor issues. Nice work overall!"

Subject: Meeting Confirmation Dear Mr. Smith, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to confirm our meeting scheduled for next week. If it is possible, I would like to discuss the new project proposal in detail. If there are any changes to the agenda, please let me know in advance. Thank you for your cooperation. Best regards, Oleksandr

Subject: Meeting Confirmation Dear Mr. Smith, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to confirm our meeting scheduled for next week. If it will be possible, I would like to discuss the new project proposal in detail. If it will be any changes to the agenda, please let me know in advance. Thank you for your cooperation. Best regards, Oleksandr.

Mistake Example #2

Confusion with word order ('Always I go to the store' instead of 'I always go to the store')

Subject: Meeting Request for Project Update Dear Mr. Smith, I hope this email finds you well. AI alwaysI appreciate your guidance on our projects. I would like to schedule a meeting to discuss the progress of the current project. Please let me know when you are available this week. Looking forward to your response.

Text corrected by:
Gregg, Los Angeles, CA

"This needed a correction for word order problems."

Subject: Meeting Request for Project Update Dear Mr. Smith, I hope this email finds you well. I always appreciate your guidance on our projects. I would like to schedule a meeting to discuss the progress of the current project. Please let me know when you are available this week. Looking forward to your response.

Subject: Meeting Request for Project Update Dear Mr. Smith, I hope this email finds you well. Always I appreciate your guidance on our projects. I would like to schedule a meeting to discuss the progress of the current project. Please let me know when you are available this week. Looking forward to your response.

Mistake Example #3

Skipping articles ('I bought car' instead of 'I bought a car')

Subject: Proposal fora New Project Collaboration Dear Mr. Smith,I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to discussa potential partnership between our companies. We have developedan innovative solution that could benefit your business operations. Please let me know if you are interested in scheduling ameeting tofurther explore this opportunityfurther. LI am looking forward to your response.

Text corrected by:
Jennifer, Detroit, Michigan USA

"Nice work! I just added some missing articles and made a couple of other stylistic changes."

Subject: Proposal for a New Project Collaboration Dear Mr. Smith, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to discuss a potential partnership between our companies. We have developed an innovative solution that could benefit your business operations. Please let me know if you are interested in scheduling a meeting to further explore this opportunity. I am looking forward to your response.

Subject: Proposal for New Project Collaboration Dear Mr. Smith, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to discuss potential partnership between our companies. We have developed innovative solution that could benefit your business operations. Please let me know if you are interested in scheduling meeting to explore this opportunity further. Looking forward to your response.