I hope this finds you well.

[david11]

What does

this finds you well​

mean?
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[emsr2d2]

I assume that the context is as shown in your thread title, as opposed to the contextless short phrase in your actual question. In a letter, "I hope this finds you well" means "I hope that, when this letter reaches you, you are in good health".

 

[david11]

I assume that the context is as shown in your thread title, as opposed to the contextless short phrase in your actual question. In a letter, "I hope this finds you well" means "I hope that, when this letter reaches you, you are in good health".

I thought it was a common phrase.I wanted to give you the context but I didn't know what to give because that phrase was written at the end in a private message(The phrase had no relevance with what the PM said) but with your explanation I understand that is just a common phrase like I hope every thing is fine,I hope you are at good health etc. which are added in letters.

 

[emsr2d2]

You don't have to give the content when we ask for the context. If you had written "I received a private message and the person who sent it to me wrote at the end "I hope this finds you well". I don't know what that means. Can you help me?" then we would have had the context.

 

[BobK]

Good summary :up: - perhaps something like this could be added to Tdol's Guide to Writing a Good Post (or whatever it's called).