Learn English – Is it OK to say: in a response to

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Suppose I am writing an email and I need a customer to send some information. I want to tell him to reply my email and send the data.

Please send us the required information in a response to this email.

Is the phrase "in a response to this email" valid? Does it make sense the way I intended to?

Best Answer

You asked:

  • Is the phrase "in a response to this email" valid? Does it make sense the way I intended to?

The answer to both questions is yes – but that doesn’t mean you’ve communicated the information in the best way possible.

Personally, I’d be in favor of restructuring the sentence:

Please respond to this email to send us the required information.

If you really wanted to begin your sentence the way you did, you could consider using the preposition by instead of using in:

Please send us the required information by responding to this email.

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