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We enclose a Trust Authority which we would ask you to kindly sign and return to us by return.

Date: 2009-07-28 07:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ariaflame.livejournal.com
Did they leave off the final 'mail'?

Date: 2009-07-28 07:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gemfyre.livejournal.com
Nope. That's a standard sentence in dictations from my boss.

I could easily remove 100 words from a short letter and retain all the meaning. Ugh.

Date: 2009-07-28 11:53 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lotus79.livejournal.com
welcome to the department of redundancy department!

Date: 2009-07-30 09:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] linniekin.livejournal.com
See, if people mean "immediately, punk" then they should write that, not some sort of snotty lingo.

(Plus an inelegant split infinitive, and I have no idea what a "Trust Authority" is, but it sounds like you're going to need a big envelope...)

*sympathy*

Date: 2009-07-30 10:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gemfyre.livejournal.com
A Trust Authority is just a piece of paper the client needs to sign saying they authorise us to put their money into a Trust Account and use it as expenses pop up in that client's name.

I also write a lot of "at your earliest convenience" when my boss means "ASAP". (but hey, he does the dictating so I just type it out).

Date: 2009-07-30 11:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] linniekin.livejournal.com
I hate legalese! Surely it should be a trust authorisation. (To be approved by a Trust Authority, if there is one.)

What would happen if we swapped officious terms for pop song lyrics? Instead of "at your earliest convenience" we could say, "Get right on it - if you really want it!"

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