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Subject:e-mail From:Christopher Miller <cmmiller -at- BRAHMS -dot- UDEL -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 18 Nov 1994 10:31:46 -0500
Two weeks after subscribing, I have de-lurked.
I am a student in the Business and Technical Writing Program at the
University of Delaware. I am writing a short paper for my Rhetoric
class on electronic text. Will you answer some questions about e-
mail? My concern is with e-mail in the business environment.
* Do people use a less formal writing style using e-mail? Is a
less formal style indicative of a less formal function? What are
those little faces called? :-)
* Is a less formal style encroaching on the more traditional
methods of communication such as letters, memos and
proposals? For instance have spelling and grammar suffered?
* Is e-mail replacing memos? Telephone calls? Or has e-mail
formed its own niche in business communication?
I would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.
Chris Miller
cmmiller -at- brahms -dot- udel -dot- edu
