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In what narrative mode should you explain a process or task?
I want to explain a psychological and behavioural process to someone via email.
I start off in first-person and speak to them in second-person, but what do I use when I want to explain a process ...
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Is there some guideline that I can point to about the overuse of bold and underline?
I am getting really tired of getting emails and PowerPoint presentations in which half of the words are bold and underlined. There is also excessive use of exclamation points, all caps, and overly ...
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Email to request copy of paper
I want to email the author to get the complete paper. He's published a version with proof sketches, but I need the whole proofs. My draft:
Subject : Paper Request
Dr. .....
I've read your paper ...
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Avoiding unintended rudeness or accusatory tones in reminder emails
I am in one of the newsletter teams of my company. Last week, I had mailed the Vice-President of our company to write an article for our newsletter, to which he replied in affirmative and mailed me ...
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A tricky serial semi-colon
A serial comma is used to separate a list of items:
For breakfast, we had ham, eggs, and toast.
A serial semi-colon is used when items in the list have commas:
For breakfast, we had ham, ...
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How to write polite deadline email?
I'm trying to collect feedback from my colleagues and the deadline is on 10-April-2012, 2.00pm. So in my mail I write:
Please email your feedback to me before 2.00pm, 10-April-2012(Tuesday).
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How do I appreciate a subject matter expert's expertise?
Situation -A subject matter expert is helping me with something that, well, matters. (to me)
I want to send a quick one liner thank you and let her know that I fully appreciate the time that she ...
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How do I sign a (formal) email?
My email client includes a signature beneath the text of my writing. Currently it is of the form:
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John Doe
Acme Widget Company
123 Elm Street
Metropolis, USA
phone:222-555-1212
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How can I improve my written communication skills the soonest?
All. The biggest area I am working right now is to improve my written communications skills. It’s a tough skill to learn but a good one to have, since most of what we do is exchange email with our ...
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Email templates
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but here goes -
I often find myself writing out emails that follow similar themes e.g. I've read through a document and have some questions, I'm ...
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Is there anything wrong with saying “Thanks” several times in the same email? If not, how could I correct it?
E.g. here is an email I just sent:
Hello X,
Okay I see - thanks very much for all the code! I'll definitely have
to take some time to study it before I can ask any questions. :)
Also - ...
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When I'm replying to emails, what's the best way to acknowledge that I appreciated each point of someone's email?
In many cases, I understand and appreciate what the person is writing (in each sentence), but have little to say in response, even if I really like what the person is saying. So when I have little to ...
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How do you write a formal email?
What is the web equivalent of formal letters? In this day and age, formal correspondence have all become digital, and it would be helpful to know the proper way.
Oh, and please do highlight if there ...
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Right usage of “P.S.” in Emails
I've been wondering this for a while. What is the correct usage of "P.S." in e-mails? Where should and shouldn't it be used?
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Do I need to send an email to say thank you? [closed]
I'm not very familiar with English world, and I want to ask a question about Email etiquette.
Sometimes I sent an email to someone for help, and got a very helpful reply which completely solved my ...
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Does this sign-up email announcement sound friendly and conversational?
This is version 2 of this post
The intended audience is from 16-45 m/f, they have given me their email address and will recieve this email because they signed up for a mystery service I'm creating.
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Feedback on sign-up email announcement
This post is continued at How can I make this sound better? ( part 2 )
Thanks for signing up for the Tip for
Tip beta.
We’re really excited about the launch
and we wanted to let you know ...
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What to do about noun clusters
A personal frustration of mine is when I see a cluster of nouns sitting together in a sentence. I usually see these in highly technical emails, but not exclusively.
Here is a particularly bad ...
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How to write a polite reminder email?
What guidelines and language should be used to write a polite reminder email. Ideally I would like it to be:
Respectful
Not too formal
In particular I am thinking in terms of business, and ...
