Isha's Blog for LJ: 2014

25 Tips for perfecting your E-mail Etiquettes

1. Only Discuss public matters

2. Briefly introduce yourself

3. Don’t “ e-mail angry”

4. Use exclamation points sparingly

5. Be careful with confidential information

6. Respond in a timely fashion

7. Refrain from sending one-liners

8. Avoid using short cuts of real words or jargons

9. Keep it clean

10. Be clear in your subject line

11. Don’t get mistaken for spam

12. Your subject line must match the message

13. Provide warning when sending large attachments

14. No more than two attachments and provide a logical name

15. Send or copy others only on a need to know basis

16. Beware of “Reply all”

17. Pick up the phone

18. Evaluate the importance of your e-mail

19. Maintain privacy

20. Keep it short and get to the point

21. Know your audience

22. Always include a signature

23. Only use an auto-responder when necessary

24. Train your staff

25. Your e-mail is a reflection of you

	IDIOM	MEANING
1	At the spur of the moment	On the spot
2	All and sundry	Everybody
3	Ups and downs	The mixture of good and bad things
4	Bag and baggage	With all belonging
5	Out of question	Impossible
6	Behind the scene	Secretly
7	In full swing	In full enthusiasm
8	Off and on	From time to time
9	Upto the mark	As per expectation
10	By leaps and bounds	Rapidly
11	To make one’s mark	To achieve something
12	By hook or by crook	By fair or foul means
13	Hard and fast	Strict
14	In the long run	In future
15	Heart and soul	With all dedication and commitment
16	Hue and cry	To make loud noise
17	Next to nothing	Less than zero
18	Over and above	In addition to, moreover
19	In black and white	In writing
20	Part and parcel	Indivisible parts
21	Safe and sound	To be in a safe position
22	Slow and steady	Gradual
23	Sum and substance	Central idea
24	To be up and doing	Prepared to act
25	Tit for tat	To pay back in the same way
26	At one’s finger’s ends	Ready in memory
27	To lose heart	To be discouraged
28	Move heaven and earth	To make all efforts
29	At sixes and sevens	In disorder
30	A man of letters	A scholar
31	A child’s play	An easy matter
32	Ins and outs	Details
33	Next to nothing	Less than zero
34	In the nick of time	Just on time
35	Time and tide	Opportunities
36	A burning question	An important issue
37	Without rhyme or reason	Without a cause
38	A bird of passage	A person who is always on the move
39	Few and far between	Rare
40	A white elephant	Very costly but useless
41	At stone’s throw	Quite near
42	To see off	To say goodbye
43	Boast of	Speak proudly
44	To put up with	To tolerate
45	To put off	To postpone

46	Get back to	Contact again
47	Get through	Pass
48	To look for	In search for
49	Well-off	Wealthy
50	In lieu of	Instead of
51	To be taken a back	Be greatly surprised
52	Turn away	Take eyes off
53	Break through	To bring about a change
54	On one’s own	Depending on one’s personal strength
55	Pass away	Die
56	To look forward	Wait eagerly
57	Meddle with	Interfere
58	To make up one’s mind	To decide firmly
59	Now and then	Occasionally
60	To make a fortune	To become rich
61	With a sinking heart	Sadly
62	To get hold of	To catch
63	Fade away	To disappear, to vanish
64	To comply with	To act in accordance with
65	To have little to do with	To have no relation with
66	To keep an eye on	To watch over closely
67	In no time	Immediately
68	To set off	To start( especially a journey or race)
69	Worth a pie	Insignificant
70	In blood and bones	Deep in human nature
71	To give up	Abandon
72	To keep up	Maintain
73	To go into action	To be active
74	To keep well	Be in good health
75	To break down	To collapse
76	To break out	Erupt suddenly
77	To look into	To investigate
78	To stand by	To support
79	To call for	Require
80	To bring to light	To make known
81	At the spur of the moment	On sudden impulse
82	To drop in	Pay unannounced visit
83	To take to task	To scold
84	To draw a blank	Face disappointment
85	To carry on	Continue
86	At the end of the day	When everything has been considered
87	For my money	In my opinion

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