41% of respondents report ending work emails with “thanks in advance.” This one can seem passive-aggressive, like an order couched as courtesy. That’s how readers-of-emails tend to see it, too.

The perfect work email, according to the study, starts with “Hi.” Other welcome greetings include “Good morning or afternoon,” “Hello,” and “Dear.” ...

Warning: The way you start and finish your work emails directly affects how your message is received. Worse, your recipients may perceive your go-to greeting and sign-off choices as overly ...

Figuring out how to start an email can be a real challenge. "Many people have strong feelings about what you do to their names and how you address them," Barbara Pachter, a business-etiquette ...

If you're thinking the email greeting isn't all that important and that it's silly to overthink it, you're wrong. How you begin an email sets the tone and may shape the recipient's perception of you.

The greetings you should avoid when writing an email How you begin an email sets the tone and may shape the recipient's perception of you - and determine whether they keep on reading Rachel Gillett ...

We had Pachter and Will Schwalbe, who co-authored Send: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do It Better with David Shipley, weigh in on a handful of common email greetings.. Of course, the ...

I’ve rounded up 40 different email greetings you can use to kick start your message. Because, let’s face it–nobody actually means “Happy Monday!” If You Need Something Formal ...

Pilita Clark’s discussion about salutations (“The strange death of the salutation”, Business Life, March 21) in email communications was a welcome distraction from the preceding pages, all ...

Writing the perfect email starts with the right greeting. Experts say there's one good way to start it, and several phrases to avoid.