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What is the meaning of:

"Should there be any interest in discussing this further someone will be in touch with you".

Why does this start with "should"?

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What is the meaning of "Should there be any interest in discussing this further someone will be in touch with you".

It's probably the Should there be part that's confusing. Should often indicates some sort of suggestion or obligation, as in: You should take out the garbage. But in this case should indicates something that might happen. Another way to say the same thing would be If there is... So, you could read the whole thing as:

If there is any interest in discussing this further, someone will be in touch with you.

What they're really saying is that they'll take the next step, and you don't hear from them it's because they're not interested in pursuing the matter, whatever that is. That's often expressed as: Don't call us, we'll call you.

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