Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • The Guardian

    As discussed: it’s time to break the hateful passive-aggressive email chain | André Spicer

    Phrases like ‘sorry for the double email’ or ‘please advise’ only serve to enrage – why use them?
    by André Spicer Aug 28, 2018 3 minutes
    ‘The emails we hate the most are likely to come from our boss.’ Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

    Remember the last time you were scrolling through an email and saw phrases like “Reattached for your convenience”, “sorry for the double email” or “please advise”? You’re not alone if you felt enraged by reading them. According to a recent survey by the , 25% of us loathe the phrase “not sure if you saw my last email”. The No 2 most hated phrase was “as per my email”. In fact, the all had one

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from The Guardian

    The Guardian3 min readWorld
    Historians Come Together To Wrest Ukraine’s Past Out Of Russia’s Shadow
    The opening salvo in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year was not a rocket or a missile. Rather, it was an essay. Vladimir Putin’s On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians, published in summer 2021, ranged over 1,00
    The Guardian4 min read
    Lawn And Order: The Evergreen Appeal Of Grass-cutting In Video Games
    Jessica used to come for tea on Tuesdays, and all she wanted to do was cut grass. Every week, we’d click The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker’s miniature disc into my GameCube and she’d ready her sword. Because she was a couple of years younger than m
    The Guardian4 min read
    ‘Perfect Linearity’: Why Botticelli’s Drawing Abilities Remain One-of-a-kind
    Throughout the Renaissance, drawings became an integral part of the massive paintings and frescoes that have long been associated with that period. Among other things, they were a way for artists to get a feel for how to arrange the space of a compos

    Related Books & Audiobooks