E-mail vocabulary
E-mail actions
Common Abbreviations & Acronyms
Professional Action Verbs
Punctuation Marks
100

The main folder where incoming messages arrive.

Inbox

100

Sending an email you received to a new person.

Forward

100

FYI

For Your Information

100

To ask for information.

Inquire

100

1) .

2) and/or

3)file_name


  • Period / Full Stop (.)
  • / (Slash / Forward Slash)
  • _ (Underscore)
200

The title line that tells the reader what the email is about

Subject

200

An unfinished message saved before it is sent.

Draft

200

BTW

By The Way

200

To make sure or verify that something is true or set.

Confirm

200

:

; 

...

colon 

semi-colon

ellipsis

300

A file (such as a document or image) sent along with your message

Attachment

300

Programs an email to be sent automatically at a specific date and time.

"Schedule Send" / "Send Later"

300

IMHO

  In My Humble Opinion


300

To put forward a plan or idea for consideration.

Propose

300

@

#

&

at

Hash

Ampersand

400

Sending a copy of the email to someone for their information.

CC (Carbon Copy)

400

replies to incoming emails instantly with a pre-written message when you are away or on vacation.

Set Out of Office" / "Auto-Reply"

400

EOD

End of Day

400

to check on the status of a previous request or discussion.

Follow-up

400

1) part-time 

2) 2000-2026

3) She had prepared for the interview for weeks—only to find out it was rescheduled. 


Hyphen

en-dash

em-dash

500

Sending a copy to someone without the other recipients seeing their address.

BCC (Blind Carbon Copy)

500

Temporarily hides an email from your inbox and programs it to reappear as a unread message at a later time when you are ready to handle it.

"Snooze"

500

OOO

Out of Office

500

To confirm that you received or noticed something.

Acknowledge

500

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 () (parentheses), 

[] (brackets), and 

{} (braces)

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