Email Writing - Format and Do's and Don'ts

E-mail, also known as Electronic Mail is a method of exchanging digital messages across internet or other computer networks. It is the quickest way to communicate in writing.

                                                 FORMAT OF AN E-MAIL

Dos and Don’ts about E Mail:

Dos

• Use an informative subject line.

• Write most important information first.

• Use number and bullets to make the message clearer.

• Use simple grammar and language.

• Write short sentences.

• Use separate paragraphs.
  
  

Don’ts

• Write about irrelevant issues.

• Give personal information that you don’t want someone else to know.

• Use capital letters to write whole words as in emails, this is considered shouting.

• Use different fonts (the recipient’s computer may not be compatible).

• Use Italics.

• Use exclamation marks.

• Use incomprehensible abbreviations, acronyms and smileys.