dear instructor, sorry i havent finished the paper on time. lol.

[rymenhild]

Since I've received a number of ghastly abbreviation-filled, unpunctuated, lower-case, misspelled and generally unprofessional emails from my students lately, I am preparing to lead my class in a a discussion of email etiquette. I'm inviting suggestions. Tell me something one should never do (or always do) when writing a business- or school-related email to a colleague or superior.

Thank you!

Comments

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Really, I prefer Ms. (if you really for some reason cannot handle using my first name.) but I also think it's important to call people what they want to be called. Although I start with Prof. Or Ms. if appropriate, I am willing to call people whatever they ask, even if it seems "stupid" to me, because in the end, it's their name and I am not really in a position to tell anyone what they "should want" to be called.

Well said.