Micro English Learning： 微英語學習
Five Tips of Writing Better Emails in English
Tip3
Another， you should
balance between formal language and casual language
。 If you send regularly an email that begins with “Dear Mr/ Miss XX“ to your colleague， that means your emails are too formal and show too much distance。 They are cold and unfriendly。 But you also don’t want to be too informal too fast。 For example， if you’re writing an email to a brand new client， you probably wouldn’t start that email with： “Hey， what’s up Sary？” The kind of language is only appropriate for someone you know well， or feel very close to。 And that shows you are unprofessional。 So it’s all about finding that right balance of formality。
另外，你應該在正式語言和非正式語言之間取得平衡。如果你定期給你的同事發一封以“親愛的XX先生/小姐”開頭的郵件，這意味著你們的郵件太正式，透露出你們之間有太遠的距離。這些言辭冷漠而不友好。但是你也不要太隨意太快。例如，如果你正在給一個新客戶寫一封郵件，你大概不會以這樣的開頭：“嘿，最近怎麼樣，Sary？” 這種語言只適用於你很熟悉的人，你覺得很親近的人。而且這表明你還不夠專業。所以，關鍵是要在正式與非正式之間找到恰當的平衡。
