E.mail Style and Structure

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1. ASSIGNMENT TOPIC E.mail Structure & Style MSc. Morning Applied Chemistry Subject Title: English for Employment Course Code: ENG-651 Submitted To: Mam Khadija Riaz Submitted By: Muhammad Zubair Roll No: 9310

2. What is Formal and Informal E.mail? Informal E.mail An informal letter or email is usually between people who know each other fairly well. Formal E.mails are written for official or professional communication.

3. What is Emoticons?? A representation of a facial expression such as a smile or frown, formed by various combinations of keyboard characters and used in electronic communications to convey the writer's feelings. Common Emoticons are :-) Indicate happiness :-( Express unhappiness :-@ Express shock or screaming :-| Express frowning :-Q Express confusion

4. What is Acronyms?? An Acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components of a phrase or a word. Common Acronyms are here; AAMOF as a matter of fact BBFN bye bye for now IMO in my opinion LOL lots of luck MGB may God blessc IOW in others words

5. Email jargon spam - Uninvited/ unrequested email sent to many people simultaneously, usually commercial, but occasionally political. bounce - A message that was returned to the sender, either because the email address was incorrect or because there was a configuration problem on the receiver's end.s distribution list - A single email address that resends to many others, allowing a discussion to continue easily among a quasi-stable group of participants. Also called emailing lists or listservs (from LIST SERVers).

6. bot - A piece of software that acts on behalf of and in place of a remote human (from roBOT). mailbot - A piece of software that automatically replies to email. listbot - A piece of software that manages distribution lists. Also called a listserver or majordomo (after the name of a common list server). post - Send to a distribution list or Usenet newsgroup, i.e. to a quasi-stable group of people. flame - An electronic message that is particularly hostile.Can also be a verb.

7. E.mail Jargon lurk - To read messages anonymously (in either a mailing list or Usenet newsgroup) without posting. ping - Test to see if the other person is there/awake/available. (This comes from a Unix test to see if a machine (or its net connection) was active or not.) "Lunch tomorrow? I may be busy with a client. Ping me at eleven thirty or so."

8. E.mail Style E.mail Adress Subject line Greetings Ending Names Use Simple English Closing remarks Avoid spelling or grammer mistakes

9. Subject Line They are like Newspaper headlines.They should convey main point of your e.mail. Greetings Use some kind of greetings.Do not just start with your text. e.g. Dear Mr.Zubair, It is also becoming quite common to write the greeting without a comma.

10. Endings Always end the message in polite way.Common endings are Yours sincerely, Best regards, etc Names Includes your name at the end of your message. Kind regards Mr.Zubair Human Resources Manager

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