Quick Get Well
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Adding your own note to a team card
Practise writing as one signer in a shared space.
The situation
An organizer invites everyone to sign a shared get-well card for a colleague. You are adding your own message, not writing the team's main greeting. Other signers can read it, and nobody has agreed to cover extra work.
Why the wording matters
Read the choices in context.
Write from your own perspective when adding an individual signature. Use a collective voice when you are representing an agreed group message.
Option 1 — best fit here
This is a personal contribution that fits the shared card. It does not speak for other signers or ask the recipient to do anything.
Option 2
An agreed team offer could be useful. As one signer, you cannot make this broad commitment for everyone else.
Option 3
A call might be welcome if you arranged it privately. Here, it gives the recipient a task and a deadline within a shared message.
Your signature can be personal even when the card comes from a group.
Sources and how this exercise was written
The sources below help identify the communication task. The scenario, choices, and example messages were written for this exercise; they are not quotations or endorsements by the sources.
- GroupGreeting: shared card FAQ
Explains that signers' messages are visible to others; the voice distinction is our teaching choice.