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Is Brevity in Email the Highest Virtue?

Published Thursday Oct 6, 2016

Editorial interns at this magazine are taught that email should be treated formally and that all emails should include a greeting and a sign off. It is a sign of professionalism. Or is it? One of the editors at The Atlantic argues emails don't need greetings or sign offs and should be treated liked texts. If an email is getting long, he argues, walk down the hall or call the person. Read his take here.

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