“Because of the recency effect, the way you choose to end your email might count for more than the way you chose to greet someone, or even the contents of that email.” Memorable sign-offs have ...

While it's "absolutely fine as a chain progresses," Schwalbe says, "it's nice to end the first volley with a sign off." Once a conversation is underway, though, Pachter approves of getting rid of ...

That email demanded a response by the end of the day on Monday and said failure to respond would be understood as resignation. Several departments and agencies, however, quickly followed up and ...