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So if I am on a group chat and I want to mention something again that I mentioned
in an earlier email to one of the people.
I could think of the following:
Could there be a better way to write it? Is the above English the correct one?
If you want to indicate that you are about to summarize briefly something that you already said, for clarity rather than for emphasis, you can use the word recapitulate, which means
to repeat the main points of an explanation or description
In an informal situation like a group chat, you can abbreviate it to recap. For example, if you wanted to summarize the plan for the weekend that you have just discussed, you might say
Just to recap, we'll meet at the restaurant at 6 on Saturday, then go to the film afterwards, and we'll meet again on Sunday morning to go for a walk, followed by lunch at a pub.
reiterate, and if I want to summarize, I should use recapitulate.
May 20, 2022 at 14:00
I would use "reiterate", so "I just want to reiterate that...".
(formal definition in Cambridge dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reiterate)
You can use the word "quote". Quoting what Mr. X said in the email above.
If you are mentioned something, you said earlier, you could say-- Repeating the point, I made above.
I would simply add “Again” at the beginning of the sentence. For example:
“I like pizza.” … “Again, I like pizza.”
