learn about email

1. 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

11. • Any Question Or Suggestion??????