Comments on: Business Writing – The Most Common Typos in Email Today http://askthemanager.com/2008/08/business-writing-the-most-common-typos-in-email/ Leadership Development & Management Training Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:45:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TheManager http://askthemanager.com/2008/08/business-writing-the-most-common-typos-in-email/#comment-16337 TheManager Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:48:40 +0000 http://askthemanager.com/?p=67#comment-16337 Ahhh! Now I have a headache! Ahhh! Now I have a headache!

]]> By: lee http://askthemanager.com/2008/08/business-writing-the-most-common-typos-in-email/#comment-16237 lee Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:07:12 +0000 http://askthemanager.com/?p=67#comment-16237 What irritates me most when it comes to emails is the blatant abuse of the shift key. I HaVe ReCeIvEd a lArGe NuMbEr Of EmAiLs TypEd iN ThIs PrEpOsTeRoUs wAy. It gives me a headache. What irritates me most when it comes to emails is the blatant abuse of the shift key. I HaVe ReCeIvEd a lArGe NuMbEr Of EmAiLs TypEd iN ThIs PrEpOsTeRoUs wAy. It gives me a headache.

]]> By: TheManager http://askthemanager.com/2008/08/business-writing-the-most-common-typos-in-email/#comment-5652 TheManager Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:01:01 +0000 http://askthemanager.com/?p=67#comment-5652 Congratulations, Louise! After 2 1/2 months and more than 1,000 pageviews, no one caught that typo -- not even Jan Gallagher who called us to the carpet on "stationary." Great work, you have a future as an editor extraordinare. (For those of you reading this, we corrected the typo after Louise pointed it out.) Congratulations, Louise! After 2 1/2 months and more than 1,000 pageviews, no one caught that typo — not even Jan Gallagher who called us to the carpet on “stationary.”

Great work, you have a future as an editor extraordinare.

(For those of you reading this, we corrected the typo after Louise pointed it out.)

]]> By: Louise http://askthemanager.com/2008/08/business-writing-the-most-common-typos-in-email/#comment-5650 Louise Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:52:20 +0000 http://askthemanager.com/?p=67#comment-5650 Sadly, this is all very true. I couldn't keep myself from proofreading, though. Under The Worst Word Confusions of All Time: "These aren’t typos, though may will argue they are. I believe you meant to write "many" rather than "may"? Sadly, this is all very true.

I couldn’t keep myself from proofreading, though. Under The Worst Word Confusions of All Time: “These aren’t typos, though may will argue they are.

I believe you meant to write “many” rather than “may”?

]]> By: F-Bomb Emails - Phil Savage, Cleveland Browns GM, Responds too Quickly - Ask The Manager http://askthemanager.com/2008/08/business-writing-the-most-common-typos-in-email/#comment-5173 F-Bomb Emails - Phil Savage, Cleveland Browns GM, Responds too Quickly - Ask The Manager Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:58:12 +0000 http://askthemanager.com/?p=67#comment-5173 [...] on the importance of responding expeditiously. We’ve posted articles and opinions about email typos, email signatures, and we even ranked the worst email etiquette mistakes of all time in a two-part [...] [...] on the importance of responding expeditiously. We’ve posted articles and opinions about email typos, email signatures, and we even ranked the worst email etiquette mistakes of all time in a two-part [...]

]]> By: TheManager http://askthemanager.com/2008/08/business-writing-the-most-common-typos-in-email/#comment-312 TheManager Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:39:19 +0000 http://askthemanager.com/?p=67#comment-312 Jan, Touché (and great catch). We're not sure if there's anything more troubling than authoring an article about errors in writing and committing one ourselves. In our defense, three editors approved the post, including a "lady."  (The errors have been corrected.) TheManager Jan,

Touché (and great catch). We’re not sure if there’s anything more troubling than authoring an article about errors in writing and committing one ourselves. In our defense, three editors approved the post, including a “lady.” 

(The errors have been corrected.)

TheManager

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