{"id":5079,"date":"2023-03-20T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=5079"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:30:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:30:27","slug":"how-to-write-better-work-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/how-to-write-better-work-emails","title":{"rendered":"How to write better work emails"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Emails, like other forms of text communication, can be misconstrued. What you meant to say and how you meant to say it might not come across in the same way when the receiver reads it. 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