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Q&A In a professional email you need to quote something from a business document. How do you write this?

In a professional email the document title (and perhaps the date when it was shared) is a sufficient reference. I am assuming that the document was either shared by email, or given in a meeting, a...

posted 5y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-18T21:34:23Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/44112
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:32:28Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/44112
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T11:32:28Z (about 5 years ago)
In a professional email the document title (and perhaps the date when it was shared) is a sufficient reference.

I am assuming that the document was either shared by email, or given in a meeting, and that it is obvious that you are privy to this information.

> As stated in [DOCUMENT TITLE], sent on [DATE], "importantstuff""

or

> Quoting from [DOCUMENT TITLE], page [XX], "importantstuff". For clarity, I am referring to [DOCUMENT TITLE], sent on [DATE] [BY EMAIL/AT MEETING/ARRIVED BY POST].

If the creator of the document is essential, i.e. you HAVE to name someone, then you can add:

> At present I cannot provide/I do not possess further details on the author of [DOCUMENT NAME]. Further information will be emailed as it becomes available.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-03-27T21:33:48Z (over 5 years ago)
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