{"id":55,"date":"2022-08-11T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T20:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mmwebfolio\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2022-08-11T21:44:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T04:44:37","slug":"55-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mmwebfolio\/best-works\/55-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Memo to Evan Crisp (Writing with You-Attitude)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Learning to write with &#8216;you-attitude&#8217; was one of the most challenging parts of the course. The assignment required us to write to Evan Crisp explaining to them proper email etiquette while maintaining &#8216;you-attitude&#8217;. Writing with &#8216;you-attitude&#8217; meant avoiding the use of pronouns and imperatives and being positive, amongst other tasks. <em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Though I found the task incredibly difficult, the feedback I received on the memo was excellent, which was a massive relief as I had really struggled.<\/span><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1>Memo to Evan Crisp<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MEMORANDUM<\/p>\n<p>To: Evan Crisp, UBC Student<\/p>\n<p>From: Matilda Murray, ENGL 301 Student<\/p>\n<p>Date: 12th July, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Subject: Best Practice Tips for Professionally Writing Professors<\/p>\n<p><b>Introduction:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Here is the memo requested regarding tips on professionally writing professors. These tips can be beneficial when asking a professor for a favour.<\/p>\n<p><b>Writing Tips:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The following tips will be helpful when writing a professional email:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Using a <strong>professional email<\/strong>, such as a UBC email.<\/li>\n<li>Including a <strong>subject line<\/strong> that indicates the email\u2019s topic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Self-editing<\/strong> work to ensure it is free from grammatical errors.<\/li>\n<li>Using a <strong>professional tone and language<\/strong> that avoids slang and abbreviations.<\/li>\n<li>Addressing the professor in a <strong>respectful<\/strong> manner, such as greeting them by their full name and title and thanking them for their time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avoiding giving a strict time frame<\/strong> to respond when asking a favour.<\/li>\n<li>Signing an email with a full name and <strong>appropriate sign-off<\/strong>, such as \u2018best wishes\u2019 or \u2018kind regards\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>Including <strong>necessary information<\/strong>, such as a student number and the course code.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Omitting personal information<\/strong>, only including what is necessary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Excluding postscripts<\/strong> which are often unnecessary in professional writing, all information should be included in the main text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, these tips are effective, and we can convince the professor to find some space in their course. If there are any questions, please feel free to email me at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:matildamurray1@gmail.com\">matildamurray1@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning to write with &#8216;you-attitude&#8217; was one of the most challenging parts of the course. The assignment required us to write to Evan Crisp explaining to them proper email etiquette while maintaining &#8216;you-attitude&#8217;. Writing with &#8216;you-attitude&#8217; meant avoiding the use of pronouns and imperatives and being positive, amongst other tasks. Though I found the task [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61629,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mmwebfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mmwebfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mmwebfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mmwebfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61629"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mmwebfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mmwebfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mmwebfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/89"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mmwebfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mmwebfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}