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Sometimes, the most difficult thing in writing e-mails is
to express your emotions and be sure their true meaning
won't be misinterpreted. (1) There are some commonly used 1. understood wrongly
ways to make your message meaningful.
If you want to give mild (2)emphasis, you enclose it in 2. not great or extreme
asterisks (*). For example: I *said* that I was going last
Thursday. or I said that I was going last *Thursday*.
Or you can also capitalize the first letter only to give light
emphasis (3).E.g. I thought my brother was There... 3. extra force given to a word
Strong emphasis is expressed by using all capital letters or phrase
and exclamation (4) marks (!). E.g. NO!!! I'll NEVER 4. a short sound, word or
do that!!!! phrase spoken suddenly
If you extremely excited and really need to emphasize to express an emotion
something, you can write it like this: NO!!! I'll
>>!!**NEVER**!!<< do that!!!! But, don't use this too
often, excepting some extreme cases.
E-mail messages also lack (5) facial expressions and body 5. have none or not enough
language. While you are unable to accompany (6) your words 6. go together with something
with hand or facial gestures (7), there are some ways to else
describe it in your message. These include "smileys" 7. movements that you make
or "emoticons". (See the table below) with your hands, your head
But don't overuse smileys, internet expressions or acronyms - or your face to show some
not everyone will know what you are talking about. meaning
"Acronyms" are used to save space and attract the
recipient's attention to some information. E.g.
ASAP: As soon as possible AAMOF: As a matter of fact
BTW: By the way AFIK: As far as I know
CU: See you (good bye) F2F: Face-to-face
FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions FOAF: Friend of a friend
HTH: Hope this helps FYA: For your amusement
TIA: Thanks in Advance FYI: For your information
IMO: In my opinion IOW: In other words
HSIK: How should I know IWBNI: It would be nice if
TTYL: Talk to you later KIS: Keep in simple
BBL: Be back later NRN: No response necessary
OTL: Out to lunch OS: Operating system
SRAM: Unwanted mail OTOH: On the other hand
B2B: Business to business R: Received
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