AboutLeslie Expertise Twenty years experience in instructional design: writing courses in
technical and non technical fields. Worked in documentation and
presentations of complex technical and non technical information,
business writing, and presentations. Trained in Information Mapping
methodology.
Experience BS and MA in Communications. Numerous awards for quality and cycle time reduction related to training. Editor for newsletters; writing and teaching background; Teach college level English, speech, diversity, and management classes.
Question What is the preferred format for email that comes before an email address when used on a business card . I have seen it several ways - examples E-mail, email E-Mail?
Answer Emma,
I am not sure that a decision on the best format has been determined.
The company style manual often dictates these issues.
The Greg Manual states that the word e-mail, as an abbreviation does not capitalize the E and a hyphen is placed after the e: e-mail.
The same manual shows the signature block in a memo as having no indicator of what the address is. Usually, the e-mail address is pretty apparent, so adding the abbreviation, e-mail, is redundant. Since so many of the addresses are often long, putting nothing may be the best solution.
Mary Smith
phone: nnn-nnnn
fax: nnn-nnnn
msmith@abcdefg.com
