Waiting for that Email to Arrive
Published by Peter B. Giblett,
There are occasions when we seem to wait forever for someone else to do something, and I am sure there are times when they are waiting for us. Truth is we all have our own priorities and needs and one man's emergency is another's low priority task, it is just as if both are not on the same page.
Yet email is today a very important part of everyone's lives and certainly some people are addicted to it, yet it has also become a source of bad grammar and in part that is because of availability in smart-phones. One former colleague used to excuse his errors on his big thumbs (well it may have been true because the majority of his errors were when using the Blackberry) and there is an element of truth here because of the limited size of the keyboard, yet in truth there are plenty of people that regularly send emails containing errors, even when they use normal keyboards.
In the recent past I have done a lot of thinking about the impact of our words and the need for good and precise use of this language. There is every reason we should take as much care with the language we use in emails as for that we use when facing a job interview because we should put our best foot forward whenever we write for other people's consumption, whether they are close friends or people we have never met.
Of course we will make mistakes, but they should be rare rather than what we normally expect with email - it is time to stop being sloppy. It is best to take a little time and get the words and sentences right.
Image Credits
- Email in envelope by MightyMerchant eCommerce Blog
- Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by Geek.com
About Peter Giblett
Peter, a former business executive, has written on many websites about a variety of subjects especially about writing and the use of the English language. One challenge we must all face is about improvement and that is the reason behind the creation of this Blog - to challenge everyone with their use of the English language through its everyday usage.