I should have seen this before

"Students: How to email to your Professor, employer, and professional peers".

4. Capitalize and punctuate. otherwise we will lol at yr sad attempts 

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8. Be clear and concise. Write short messages, make clear requests, get to your point rapidly, and offer to provide more information rather than launch into your life story.

9. Don’t ask for information before you’ve looked on Google. “Can you send me paper X?” is annoying. But the best I’ve received: a request to explain the Cold War.

So very, very true.

 

Comments

[JorgXMcKie]

Sadly so very, very true. My favorites are the ones that go more or less like this:
"I had to miss class today for [insert lame excuse]. Did I miss anything important?"

[Mark]

The worst also tend to be either missing a salutation completely, or begin with "Hey." I have a brother-in-law who teaches at a major university in the Midwet and he received an email addressed with "Hey Bobby Boy." His name is Robert. They get tossed unread.