How can I make emails sound less passive aggressive? Expert explains

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@koboldtrans2161 2 жыл бұрын

A lots of swearing can make it activity agressiv so dont need to worrie about the passivity.

@whymustisignin4this 2 жыл бұрын

I’d just like to point out how awful these kind of pieces are for people with social anxiety. And yes, I do wonder sometimes if that’s the whole point of them.

@R0swell5104 2 жыл бұрын

What pieces? do you mean phrases? I someone get's anxious when reading "kind regards" then they have serious problems and need help. I'm not being rude or derogatory but really, they do need help.

@DaleHartley 2 жыл бұрын

@@R0swell5104 Yes, they are taking things aggressively regardless of context or meaning. I have met people though like that... You say Hi, and they want to know what they did wrong, or what you want, and I have been yelled at for a simple greeting. I turn them in to HR as problems...well did when I worked in a factory for over a decade.

@whymustisignin4this 2 жыл бұрын

@@R0swell5104 By pieces I mean these news items, articles, etc., that come out every so often and claim that innocuous phrases are actually passively aggressive signals. If someone has social anxiety they are usually very worried that whatever they do could be interpreted negatively by others. If you say that ending an email with Kind regards or Thanks is passive aggressive, the only people who will be concerned about that are people who are socially anxious. Informal business language is probably already a nightmare for them and earmarking certain phrases as being passive aggressive, when the actual phrases themselves contain nothing offensive or aggressive is really going to just tie the anxious up in knots. And anyone who is using them passively aggressively will simply be delighted that you’ve got that they are needling you. If someone is really needling you in a passive aggressive way, ignore it all, they will up the ante until they are outright aggressive. I’m very socially anxious. I’ve also experience of passive aggressive people. Thankfully I’m quite dense at times and often will not notice any needling until it’s blatant. And one thing I’m sure of is that passive aggressive people do not remain passive if you’re consistently unaware of what they are doing.

@R0swell5104 2 жыл бұрын

@@whymustisignin4this Got you, sorry. However these phrases even if intended to put some one ill at ease are not actually being passive aggressive because if the intention is to be aggressive, then it is not passive. P A is typically things like ignoring communications, responding tardily, doing things deliberately badly or not at all.

@leugpoa792 2 жыл бұрын

As a non native english speaker who works for international company, now i am even more unsure about my emails, thank you very much

@prunabluepepper 2 жыл бұрын

None of what she said is true. Just ignore it.

@janalu4067 2 жыл бұрын

Well.... Englishmen do have a very long tradition of speaking this way - as in, a perfectly politely worded sentence can be clearly meant to say '**** off' and every Englishman would understand it so. I think this may be a uniquely british problem.

@R0swell5104 2 жыл бұрын

These phrases are absolutely fine, just ignore the woman, what she is saying is complete rubbish. Maybe avoid "going forward" as this can grate on people, especially older colleagues.