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
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.
ReplyDeleteSTEVE: Does your library teach Social Etiquette on Your Phone or some such thing?
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteMy 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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