USE YOUR BMCC E-MAIL OR AN E-MAIL ADDRESS WITH YOUR NAME IN IT
Good e-mails to use with a professor
alicia.sandan@stu.bmcc.cuny.edu
akira.kamayaga76@gmail.com
Bad e-mails to use with a professor
pinkprincess@hotmail
yoyoyankeesfan92@gmail.com
IN THE SUBJECT LINE, INCLUDE YOUR NAME, THE COURSE, AND SECTIONUSE YOUR BMCC E-MAIL OR AN E-MAIL ADDRESS WITH YOUR NAME IN IT
Informative subject lines
Re: Alicia Sandanista ENG 311, Sec 102, Explaining Today’s Absence
Re: Sun Watins BUS 211, Sec 100, Grading Question
Cryptic subject lines
Re: Not in class
Re:
GREET YOUR PROFESSOR BY TITLE AND LAST NAME
Appropriate greetings
Dear Professor Johnson,
Dear Dr. Krishnan,
Inappropriate greetings
Yo Prof,
Hey Josh,
DO NOT USE TEXT-SPEAK, EMOTICONS, OR SLANG
Formal Writing
Are we going to review for the test?
Can I make an appointment to meet with you?
Informal writing
r u reviwing mondya? 😛
Want 2 meet after class, u got time?
MAKE REQUESTS POLITELY
Polite requests
Would it be possible for me to make up today’s quiz?
Could we meet to discuss my grade?
Rude demands
You have to let me take the quiz again.
I worked too hard for you to give me a C.
GET RIGHT TO THE POINT
Direct writing
Would it be possible for me to submit the assignment tonight? I was in the hospital with my daughter this morning and missed the deadline.
Indirect writing
When I woke up, I didn’t think my daughter looked ok, and when I took her to day care they took
her temperature, and I had to go to the hospital with her.
