It's interesting how there used to be entire books about how to write a letter correctly. But there's nothing now on how to write e-mails, is there? They're inherently less formal, I guess.
STEVE: Does your library teach Social Etiquette on Your Phone or some such thing?
I googled, and there are lots of books on How to Write an Email, and there are even more articles, etc. ONLINE (youTube, wikihow, etc.). Biggest tip: DON'T WRITE CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL: email is never private.
How many people follow that? (I don't.)
I imagine you and I are old enough such books/articles fly under our radar. I mostly just transferred my letter writing style to email.
On Monday, January 10, 2005, our own Orange Crate Art wrote "How to e-mail a professor" and thirteen years later added this preface:
"[By a professor, for students. As of May 2018, this post has been visited by more than 675,000 readers from 135 countries and territories. Hello, world.]" http://mleddy.blogspot.com/2005/01/how-to-e-mail-professor.html
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It's interesting how there used to be entire books about how to write a letter correctly. But there's nothing now on how to write e-mails, is there? They're inherently less formal, I guess.
STEVE: Does your library teach Social Etiquette on Your Phone or some such thing?
I googled, and there are lots of books on How to Write an Email, and there are even more articles, etc. ONLINE (youTube, wikihow, etc.).
Biggest tip:
DON'T WRITE CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL:
email is never private.
How many people follow that? (I don't.)
I imagine you and I are old enough such books/articles fly under our radar.
I mostly just transferred my letter writing style to email.
On Monday, January 10, 2005, our own Orange Crate Art wrote
"How to e-mail a professor"
and thirteen years later added this preface:
"[By a professor, for students. As of May 2018, this post has been visited by more than 675,000 readers from 135 countries and territories. Hello, world.]"
http://mleddy.blogspot.com/2005/01/how-to-e-mail-professor.html
I came to leave a comment and didn’t expect to find that I was already here. LOL.
My comment: The sample letters in those letter-writing handbooks are a hoot and a half. Please share any you think worth sharing.
Good idea, Michael! I have been off for a couple days--I hope the letter-writitng book hasn't sold, so I can report back.
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