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There is something about the sort of person who punctuates all emails with [[ellipses]] [[...]] it’s hard to put a finger on it [[...]] but it sure is annoying. Rather like [[adding]] to a [[reply-all]] email, using the verb to leverage when you mean to use, addressing folks with [[@]] and signing off [[thx]].
There is something about the sort of person who punctuates all emails with [[ellipses]] [[...]] it’s hard to put a finger on it [[...]] but it sure is annoying. Rather like [[adding]] to a [[reply-all]] email, using the [[verb]]<ref>It’s ''not'' a sodding [[verb]].</ref> “to [[leverage]]” when you mean to [[use]], addressing folks with [[@]] and signing off [[thx]].


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Latest revision as of 11:36, 18 January 2020

There is something about the sort of person who punctuates all emails with ellipses ... it’s hard to put a finger on it ... but it sure is annoying. Rather like adding to a reply-all email, using the verb[1] “to leverage” when you mean to use, addressing folks with @ and signing off thx.

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  1. It’s not a sodding verb.