(Note that I originally asked this question on the English Language Stack Exchange and was told that it belonged here (Interpersonal Stack Exchange), so I removed it from the EL SE and manually moved it here.) I am a data scientist and I regularly receive e-mails from people (our office is split between London and … Read more
Where should a period be placed when a sentence ends in a word that is meant to be copied exactly? Contrived example: Let’s say that my friend is house-sitting and I want to text them the password to my laptop. The password is password123. There is no period in the password. Which of these has … Read more
1. “I hope you are doing well” Will be it polite, if I write it in an email to Proff/start an email with it? He was ill, and we wrote me about it 2. Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to meet with me How to use this sentense in past tense? … Read more
I want to know if someone has eventually contacted my manager. I therefore want to send him a formal email to ask him very politely. Is it correct to write as follow ? “I would appreciate it if you could inform me anytime/when you could contact my manager.” Answer Neither of your examples really meet … Read more
In case I send John Smith an email and he sends me a response, should I include “Hi John,” when I am replying to his email? Answer I always do. This is a matter of personal preference. Some people view e-mails as electronic letters, whereas others view them as text messages. I belong to the … Read more
assuming I’m writing an email to remind about the scheduled activity that will start in one hour, which start for the email is correct: We remind you that the scheduled activity starts in one hour. We are reminding you that the scheduled activity starts in one hour. P.S. I find “we would like to remind … Read more
I was wondering if the expression “I thank you for your answer” isn’t nicer than ” Thank you for your answer”. For comparison, saying “I thank you” in French is nicer because the person who says it is more involved than when he/she simply says “Thank you for …”. Is it the same thing in … Read more
I’m a teacher at a small Swedish university, and I often communicate via email. In the beginning of a course, I tend to try to be somewhat formal, which isn’t really my personal style, but soon I drop all the “Dear” for “Hi” instead. In class, I’m informal and quite personal. My “problem” is the … Read more
I was passing a lead to a potential project to my manager via email. Because he’s super busy, I wanted to say something like the following at the end of the email. “I hope this doesn’t add _______ to your busy schedule.” where ______ = something that takes time to follow up, but may not … Read more
Sometimes, there are little things that we would like to write to somebody, but they seem too little to deserve an entire new email. So we wait for a more important communication to "piggyback" it and add this little piece of additional information. In speech, I would introduce the minor topic with "While I’m here". … Read more
