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Hi, students, hope you're well. In today's video on business communication, I'm going to give you three alternative email sign-offs that you can use instead of saying, "looking forward to hearing from you." Which although is quite widely known, and still used, in my opinion it doesn't create the most businesslike impression. And we can change it slightly, we can modernize it, so that you create a much better business impression. So I'm going to give you three alternative phrases that you can use to finish an email, and each one of them has a different tone. We can look at tone as the kind of impression that your language is creating. And you might want to swap between these email sign-offs because we're not always writing to the same people. So sometimes we might want to create a confident impression, sometimes it might be necessary to be formal in our communication, and other times we're just being casual. We're still being businesslike, but we're being casual. So let's go through those three different options. I'm going to start by writing the first one on the board for you. OK, there we are. The first option is, I look forward to your input on this. You may be thinking it's really similar. If I say, looking forward to hearing from you, the tone there, in my opinion, is a bit pushy. It's a bit desperate. It's a bit needy. However, when we change the phrase very slightly, I look forward to your input on this, we are switching the attention and the need from "you" to "your input." And this is a very subtle deflection which makes it seem a lot more calm and detached. So, if I received an email like this, I am much more likely to respond to it sooner. Because I don't feel like the other person is being really pushy, is really demanding. So I like the subtle change that this phrase creates. Let's move on to the second one. I can say this time, awaiting your input on this. So I'm keeping the same ending, input, and I'm using this word. It's quite formal, "awaiting." we definitely don't use this in normal conversations. I don't say, I'm awaiting for you to return from the shop, no. I would say, I'm waiting. However, because we can use more formal language in business communication and in letters, especially, this is an older word and a more formal word which means "waiting." But it's acceptable in an email if you want to create that more formal impression. And you're going to end with the comma, and then write your name for this one. Same with this one. And lastly, if you want to keep it casual, you want to be a kind of relaxed business person, here's what we can say instead. Interested to hear your input on this. So this is my favorite one, because I'm not that formal in my emails mostly. And if I...