Ask Before Forwarding E-mails

Several times each week I get asked for guidance when it comes to forwarding emails written by others.  Should you ask the sender if it is O.K. before forwarding to those they may or may not know an e-mail they sent privately to you? A resounding YES! Common courtesy alone would dictate you don’t forward [...]

Recommended E-mail Etiquette; Got Disowned

A site visitor writes: I think your site is very helpful; so helpful in fact that I sent my own Mom to your site because her emails were coming across as very hostile in their appearance, although not in subject. Because of this, she decided to disown me – by virtue of an email nonetheless. [...]

E-mail and Grammar

E-mail is simply communicating with the written word, right? We are not born with these skills or education. Our writing skills are provided to us as we go through grade school for the basics, high school for more instruction and more so for those who go on to college. Grammar is so important to [...]

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