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Email etiquette

Meaning in business english, with examples

nounCommon term

In business english, email etiquette means: The conventions for considerate and appropriate email communication.

In Turkish: e-posta görgü kuralları

How it is used

Discussed in workplace training and communication guidance. It covers recipient choices, clear subjects, tone and reasonable expectations about replies.

Example sentences

  1. Our email etiquette guide asks staff to avoid replying to everyone when only the sender needs the answer.

    The guideline reduces unnecessary messages for recipients who have no action to take.

  2. Good email etiquette includes explaining what you need instead of sending an attachment with no message.

    The recipient needs context and an expected action, not merely access to the file.

Common collocations

  • follow email etiquette
  • email etiquette guidelines
  • reply allTo answer an email so that your reply goes to the sender and to everyone else who received the original message, including people in CC.
  • subject lineThe short line at the top of an email that tells the reader what the message is about before they open it.

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