Phrases To Absolutely Avoid Using In Work Email
“Per my last email…”, ugh
By Pacey on August 24, 2018
A new survey from Adobe asked about 1,000 people what phrases always make you roll your eyes when you see them in work email. So many, right!?
Well, about a quarter of us say the phrase that most gets under our skin is: “Not sure if you saw my last e-mail … ”
Here are the work e-mail phrases that pretty much everyone hates:
- “Not sure if you saw my last email … ” — 25%
- “Per my last email … ” — 13%
- “Per our conversation … ” — 11%
- “Any updates on this?” — 11%
- “Sorry for the double e-mail” — 10%
- “Please advise.” — 9%
- “As previously stated … ” — 9%
- “As discussed … ” — 6%
- “Re-attaching for convenience.” — 6%