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Bookmark or Share- formality - Formal way to tell someone they accidentally sent you ...As you mention that the sender is your "senior", you want to tread carefully. You could simply state: I believe this email was sent to me by mistake and wanted to make you aware of it possibly reaching the wrong destination.
- politeness - How should I tell someone "I called you but you didn't ..."I tried calling you without success." does not lay the blame at the other end of the line and would not rule out things like a bad phone line or wrong number. This use of "success" formally chalks this up as your own failure while implicitly prompting for an explanation.
- grammar - Should I use "arrived" or "reached" - English Language ..."I've reached home" suggests than you may keep going, or that getting there was a difficult accomplishment. The origins of the words give a hint of the flavour. To reach means to stretch out, while arrive means to come to the shore (ending a journey by ship).
- phrase usage - Where and when did "reach out to" for "contact" or "talk ...Reach out and touch someone-- AT&T Commercial 1987. It's supposed to be warm and fuzzy. I don't know where AT&T got it, or if they made it up. A little more searching suggests that it comes from a Diana Ross song; Wikipedia: Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" was the debut solo single of Motown singer Diana Ross, released in April 1970.
- Reach up / reach for / reach at / reach out / reach downHe reached out his hands for the frog. The prepositions included in OP's question all describe either different directions in which the hands were extended (upwards, downwards, outwards: respectively, reach up, reach down, reach out ), or the purpose of reaching one's hands (to get or catch something: reach for , or to attack somebody: reach at ).
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