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Quoting in Emails?
Shanes asks: "I want to know how slashdot readers feel about the
IMO ever worse quoting habits of people writing mails. When I started
writing emails to friends and colleagues over 10 years ago I and
everyone else quickly learned how
to quote. These days most of the bytes in my inbox are "Original Message" quotes that
Outlook people always include at the end of every mail. Doesn't anyone care about sending well
edited mails anymore?" I have a simple rule, if I can't read it
without editing it first, it's probably not worth my time. Do any
of you get frustrated by the formatting of email in your inbox?
Yes, people rely far too much on there spill-chick. What happened to learning how to spell? When did it go out of style? What I find interesting, and strangely humorous, being an American, is that the top 10% of the foreign grad students in my university (in CA) seem to have better English than the top 10% of the native English speakers in the same program. Yes, I know there is an explanation and that comparing the two is like comparing apples and oranges (the 10% that I'm talking about happen to be the top ~.5% in their native countries). But still. Something is wrong.