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    How many parts did you actually send? If you only sent a partial piece of mail, then the singular would work. But if you sent multiple pieces, then you want the plural.

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    I send the attachments in 3 mails. So, in my last mail I had written I regret the inconvenience for sending 'the mail in part. Is it okay?

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  • It's better if you don't wait to enclose the apology until the last package, unless you have already warned the person receiving the mailing (it's not a mail, but a package or a mailing) before the packages were sent at all. Many people are also "feather-headed", a word you will understand when I say that you should enclose a reminder in the first package that the rest of the item (a purchase, I presume?), will follow. If you are looking for a notice to enclose in the last package, please change my suggested "inconvenience, but I will have to mail/send" to "inconvenience of mailing/sending".

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  • Either way, if you have already sent it they will understand your notice, and they will likely appreciate your effort and consideration.

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    How many parts did you actually send? If you only sent a partial piece of mail, then the singular would work. But if you sent multiple pieces, then you want the plural.

    – Jason Bassford
    23 hours ago






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    I send the attachments in 3 mails. So, in my last mail I had written I regret the inconvenience for sending 'the mail in part. Is it okay?

    – Doj
    22 hours ago











  • It's better if you don't wait to enclose the apology until the last package, unless you have already warned the person receiving the mailing (it's not a mail, but a package or a mailing) before the packages were sent at all. Many people are also "feather-headed", a word you will understand when I say that you should enclose a reminder in the first package that the rest of the item (a purchase, I presume?), will follow. If you are looking for a notice to enclose in the last package, please change my suggested "inconvenience, but I will have to mail/send" to "inconvenience of mailing/sending".

    – PvtBuddie
    22 hours ago











  • Either way, if you have already sent it they will understand your notice, and they will likely appreciate your effort and consideration.

    – PvtBuddie
    22 hours ago
















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  • 1





    Which do you mean? What are you doing?

    – Hot Licks
    yesterday






  • 2





    How many parts did you actually send? If you only sent a partial piece of mail, then the singular would work. But if you sent multiple pieces, then you want the plural.

    – Jason Bassford
    23 hours ago






  • 1





    I send the attachments in 3 mails. So, in my last mail I had written I regret the inconvenience for sending 'the mail in part. Is it okay?

    – Doj
    22 hours ago











  • It's better if you don't wait to enclose the apology until the last package, unless you have already warned the person receiving the mailing (it's not a mail, but a package or a mailing) before the packages were sent at all. Many people are also "feather-headed", a word you will understand when I say that you should enclose a reminder in the first package that the rest of the item (a purchase, I presume?), will follow. If you are looking for a notice to enclose in the last package, please change my suggested "inconvenience, but I will have to mail/send" to "inconvenience of mailing/sending".

    – PvtBuddie
    22 hours ago











  • Either way, if you have already sent it they will understand your notice, and they will likely appreciate your effort and consideration.

    – PvtBuddie
    22 hours ago
















  • 1





    Which do you mean? What are you doing?

    – Hot Licks
    yesterday






  • 2





    How many parts did you actually send? If you only sent a partial piece of mail, then the singular would work. But if you sent multiple pieces, then you want the plural.

    – Jason Bassford
    23 hours ago






  • 1





    I send the attachments in 3 mails. So, in my last mail I had written I regret the inconvenience for sending 'the mail in part. Is it okay?

    – Doj
    22 hours ago











  • It's better if you don't wait to enclose the apology until the last package, unless you have already warned the person receiving the mailing (it's not a mail, but a package or a mailing) before the packages were sent at all. Many people are also "feather-headed", a word you will understand when I say that you should enclose a reminder in the first package that the rest of the item (a purchase, I presume?), will follow. If you are looking for a notice to enclose in the last package, please change my suggested "inconvenience, but I will have to mail/send" to "inconvenience of mailing/sending".

    – PvtBuddie
    22 hours ago











  • Either way, if you have already sent it they will understand your notice, and they will likely appreciate your effort and consideration.

    – PvtBuddie
    22 hours ago










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Which do you mean? What are you doing?

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Which do you mean? What are you doing?

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How many parts did you actually send? If you only sent a partial piece of mail, then the singular would work. But if you sent multiple pieces, then you want the plural.

– Jason Bassford
23 hours ago





How many parts did you actually send? If you only sent a partial piece of mail, then the singular would work. But if you sent multiple pieces, then you want the plural.

– Jason Bassford
23 hours ago




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I send the attachments in 3 mails. So, in my last mail I had written I regret the inconvenience for sending 'the mail in part. Is it okay?

– Doj
22 hours ago





I send the attachments in 3 mails. So, in my last mail I had written I regret the inconvenience for sending 'the mail in part. Is it okay?

– Doj
22 hours ago













It's better if you don't wait to enclose the apology until the last package, unless you have already warned the person receiving the mailing (it's not a mail, but a package or a mailing) before the packages were sent at all. Many people are also "feather-headed", a word you will understand when I say that you should enclose a reminder in the first package that the rest of the item (a purchase, I presume?), will follow. If you are looking for a notice to enclose in the last package, please change my suggested "inconvenience, but I will have to mail/send" to "inconvenience of mailing/sending".

– PvtBuddie
22 hours ago





It's better if you don't wait to enclose the apology until the last package, unless you have already warned the person receiving the mailing (it's not a mail, but a package or a mailing) before the packages were sent at all. Many people are also "feather-headed", a word you will understand when I say that you should enclose a reminder in the first package that the rest of the item (a purchase, I presume?), will follow. If you are looking for a notice to enclose in the last package, please change my suggested "inconvenience, but I will have to mail/send" to "inconvenience of mailing/sending".

– PvtBuddie
22 hours ago













Either way, if you have already sent it they will understand your notice, and they will likely appreciate your effort and consideration.

– PvtBuddie
22 hours ago







Either way, if you have already sent it they will understand your notice, and they will likely appreciate your effort and consideration.

– PvtBuddie
22 hours ago












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The first one is correct. The article "the" is necessary in English, and "in part" means only a portion of it will ever arrive.



But if you are not sending a bag of US mail or similar, if you are mailing single groups of things to single individuals or institutions, it will sound better if you go with "I apologize for the inconvenience, but I will have to mail the /Name Of Item/ in parts" OR "I will have to send the parts in separate mailings", the first if you are sending one package, or if all packages are fully expected to arrive together, or the second if you are sending separate packages. But use "in separate portions" instead of "in parts" if you are sending something like media or food (as opposed to something that must be assembled, or collectibles, or other things that will be used together).






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  • Thanks PvtBuddie. To improvise the nitty-gritty in grammar, is there any good book out there?

    – Doj
    23 hours ago











  • The only grammar books I've read are "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynn Truss, and one called "You You Don't Say" which I think is the one by Tom Parks. Most of what I put in the second paragraph, though, is based on common word usage, not on rules of grammar.

    – PvtBuddie
    22 hours ago











  • Thanks mate, for your suggestions.

    – Doj
    22 hours ago











  • I could find eats, shoots & leaves in PDF version but couldn't find the e-version of second book. Do you have PDF version or any other format of it.

    – Doj
    21 hours ago











  • No, I don't. Comments must be at least 15 characters.

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    21 hours ago











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The first one is correct. The article "the" is necessary in English, and "in part" means only a portion of it will ever arrive.



But if you are not sending a bag of US mail or similar, if you are mailing single groups of things to single individuals or institutions, it will sound better if you go with "I apologize for the inconvenience, but I will have to mail the /Name Of Item/ in parts" OR "I will have to send the parts in separate mailings", the first if you are sending one package, or if all packages are fully expected to arrive together, or the second if you are sending separate packages. But use "in separate portions" instead of "in parts" if you are sending something like media or food (as opposed to something that must be assembled, or collectibles, or other things that will be used together).






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  • Thanks PvtBuddie. To improvise the nitty-gritty in grammar, is there any good book out there?

    – Doj
    23 hours ago











  • The only grammar books I've read are "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynn Truss, and one called "You You Don't Say" which I think is the one by Tom Parks. Most of what I put in the second paragraph, though, is based on common word usage, not on rules of grammar.

    – PvtBuddie
    22 hours ago











  • Thanks mate, for your suggestions.

    – Doj
    22 hours ago











  • I could find eats, shoots & leaves in PDF version but couldn't find the e-version of second book. Do you have PDF version or any other format of it.

    – Doj
    21 hours ago











  • No, I don't. Comments must be at least 15 characters.

    – PvtBuddie
    21 hours ago
















-1














The first one is correct. The article "the" is necessary in English, and "in part" means only a portion of it will ever arrive.



But if you are not sending a bag of US mail or similar, if you are mailing single groups of things to single individuals or institutions, it will sound better if you go with "I apologize for the inconvenience, but I will have to mail the /Name Of Item/ in parts" OR "I will have to send the parts in separate mailings", the first if you are sending one package, or if all packages are fully expected to arrive together, or the second if you are sending separate packages. But use "in separate portions" instead of "in parts" if you are sending something like media or food (as opposed to something that must be assembled, or collectibles, or other things that will be used together).






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  • Thanks PvtBuddie. To improvise the nitty-gritty in grammar, is there any good book out there?

    – Doj
    23 hours ago











  • The only grammar books I've read are "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynn Truss, and one called "You You Don't Say" which I think is the one by Tom Parks. Most of what I put in the second paragraph, though, is based on common word usage, not on rules of grammar.

    – PvtBuddie
    22 hours ago











  • Thanks mate, for your suggestions.

    – Doj
    22 hours ago











  • I could find eats, shoots & leaves in PDF version but couldn't find the e-version of second book. Do you have PDF version or any other format of it.

    – Doj
    21 hours ago











  • No, I don't. Comments must be at least 15 characters.

    – PvtBuddie
    21 hours ago














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The first one is correct. The article "the" is necessary in English, and "in part" means only a portion of it will ever arrive.



But if you are not sending a bag of US mail or similar, if you are mailing single groups of things to single individuals or institutions, it will sound better if you go with "I apologize for the inconvenience, but I will have to mail the /Name Of Item/ in parts" OR "I will have to send the parts in separate mailings", the first if you are sending one package, or if all packages are fully expected to arrive together, or the second if you are sending separate packages. But use "in separate portions" instead of "in parts" if you are sending something like media or food (as opposed to something that must be assembled, or collectibles, or other things that will be used together).






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The first one is correct. The article "the" is necessary in English, and "in part" means only a portion of it will ever arrive.



But if you are not sending a bag of US mail or similar, if you are mailing single groups of things to single individuals or institutions, it will sound better if you go with "I apologize for the inconvenience, but I will have to mail the /Name Of Item/ in parts" OR "I will have to send the parts in separate mailings", the first if you are sending one package, or if all packages are fully expected to arrive together, or the second if you are sending separate packages. But use "in separate portions" instead of "in parts" if you are sending something like media or food (as opposed to something that must be assembled, or collectibles, or other things that will be used together).







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  • Thanks PvtBuddie. To improvise the nitty-gritty in grammar, is there any good book out there?

    – Doj
    23 hours ago











  • The only grammar books I've read are "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynn Truss, and one called "You You Don't Say" which I think is the one by Tom Parks. Most of what I put in the second paragraph, though, is based on common word usage, not on rules of grammar.

    – PvtBuddie
    22 hours ago











  • Thanks mate, for your suggestions.

    – Doj
    22 hours ago











  • I could find eats, shoots & leaves in PDF version but couldn't find the e-version of second book. Do you have PDF version or any other format of it.

    – Doj
    21 hours ago











  • No, I don't. Comments must be at least 15 characters.

    – PvtBuddie
    21 hours ago



















  • Thanks PvtBuddie. To improvise the nitty-gritty in grammar, is there any good book out there?

    – Doj
    23 hours ago











  • The only grammar books I've read are "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynn Truss, and one called "You You Don't Say" which I think is the one by Tom Parks. Most of what I put in the second paragraph, though, is based on common word usage, not on rules of grammar.

    – PvtBuddie
    22 hours ago











  • Thanks mate, for your suggestions.

    – Doj
    22 hours ago











  • I could find eats, shoots & leaves in PDF version but couldn't find the e-version of second book. Do you have PDF version or any other format of it.

    – Doj
    21 hours ago











  • No, I don't. Comments must be at least 15 characters.

    – PvtBuddie
    21 hours ago

















Thanks PvtBuddie. To improvise the nitty-gritty in grammar, is there any good book out there?

– Doj
23 hours ago





Thanks PvtBuddie. To improvise the nitty-gritty in grammar, is there any good book out there?

– Doj
23 hours ago













The only grammar books I've read are "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynn Truss, and one called "You You Don't Say" which I think is the one by Tom Parks. Most of what I put in the second paragraph, though, is based on common word usage, not on rules of grammar.

– PvtBuddie
22 hours ago





The only grammar books I've read are "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynn Truss, and one called "You You Don't Say" which I think is the one by Tom Parks. Most of what I put in the second paragraph, though, is based on common word usage, not on rules of grammar.

– PvtBuddie
22 hours ago













Thanks mate, for your suggestions.

– Doj
22 hours ago





Thanks mate, for your suggestions.

– Doj
22 hours ago













I could find eats, shoots & leaves in PDF version but couldn't find the e-version of second book. Do you have PDF version or any other format of it.

– Doj
21 hours ago





I could find eats, shoots & leaves in PDF version but couldn't find the e-version of second book. Do you have PDF version or any other format of it.

– Doj
21 hours ago













No, I don't. Comments must be at least 15 characters.

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No, I don't. Comments must be at least 15 characters.

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