Emails

THE PURPOSE OF AN EMAIL

It is a fast and cheap way to communicate. Sometimes the emails are very short and informal, and other times  they are longer and more formal, like a letter. Email is one of the most common method used by people to communicate quickly with people, department, country, business, among other.

The purpose of the email can be: to ask for or send information, to ask people to do things, to give instructions or directions, to confirm arrangements that you have discussed by phone, an to send longer documents. In this technological era email is an important tool for anyone, because with just one click you can send an urgent message in seconds. What a simple letter mailed take days or even months depending of the distance.

The following components should appear on the page:

1. Name of the person/people sending the email
2. Name of the person/people the email is addressed to
3. Other person or people who will receive a copy of the email though it is not addressed directly to them
4. The date and the time when the email is sent
5. Information about the content of the email
6. A document is attached
7. Opening
8. Body of the message
9. Closing
10. Name

Some recommendations to write a correct email, we can mentioned the following: use short sentences and simple language, do not write emails in CAPITAL letters, use polite language for instructions and requests, and always read the emails before you send it.

Positive:

• Fast and cheap way to communicate
• Do not contaminate the planet, because you do not need use pages

Negative:

• You need have Internet to send it
• All the people does not have the time to check and read email

We have to be in the vanguard of technology, because every day is created a new method or device that allows us to communicate from miles away. If we are not informed of this, would become outdated.