Wed, Sep 28, 2005 -- Homework and HOW TO WRITE AN EMAIL TO YOUR PROFESSOR
When you write an email to your professor, you must use proper Email Etiquette; here is an excellent link on Email Etiquette
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_emailett.html.
When you write an email to your professor, you must use a professional, or business, tone in your writing. Here is an excellent link to Tone in Business
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_tone.html.
Refer yourself to this two web links. In addition, here is a list of necessary and sufficient conditions for writing an email to your professor.
1. Use a subject heading. Identify the course number; e.g., PHI 101 Question on Homework.
2. Use a formal salutation, or greeting.
„« Unless otherwise indicated, address your instructor as Prof. X or Dr. X.
3. Immediately identify:
„« WHO you are (S/he may have as many as 150 other students.)
„« WHAT CLASS your are in (S/he may have at least two other courses s/he is teaching.)
„« WHY you are writing (Be brief, s/he has many emails to respond to.)
4. USE FORMAL, ACADEMIC WRITING (You are writing from within the ACADEMIC arena. You are not writing to one of your friends or peers.)
„« Write in COMPLETE, GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT sentences.
„« Use proper PUNCTUATION!
„« Use Sentence Case.
„« Do NOT USE symbols, smiley faces, etc.
5. Closing, including your full name AND your return email address.
6. Anticipate a response. Clean out your mailbox to be sure that your mailbox is not full, and make sure that there are no problems with your email account.
isn't my philosophy teacher an ASSHOLE!!!!