[lit-ideas] E-mail: the pragmatics
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 02:07:59 EDT
In a message dated 9/1/2010 1:59:10 A.M., carolkir@xxxxxxxxx writes:
some aesthetic aversion to an overabundance of commas right at
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There is a lot of misplaced pragmatics.
A mail is a mail is a mail. In England, they don't say "mail" -- to start
with. There is the 'royal mail' as per the famous Auden poem ("This is the
night mail crossing the border".
If an email is an email, something like a mailing list is not yet a mail --
or collection of e-mails.
If R. Paul got it from the administration at the faculty and they don't
know him,
"Dear Professor Paul"
seems the correct way,
"Hi Bob" -- coming from administration may be ok.
Carol is right that it's all about space.
The first line should be brief enough,
"Hi Bob
Regarding your question: the answer is no.
Take good care.
Sue
x x x
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Speranza--Bordighear
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