What is everyone's biggest pet peeve when it comes to people breaking email etiquette?

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When people don’t reply “You’re welcome” to my emails saying “Thanks.”

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People who think there’s “email etiquette”.

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It really grinds my gears when opposing counsel leaps directly from calling me by my first name to suddenly addressing me as ‘Counsel.’ It’s like, wow, that escalated quickly! There’s a whole spectrum of professional courtesy we just skipped over.…

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This thread triggered me

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This is nitpicky, but too formal punctuation.

When it comes to work product, I am the biggest stickler for grammar there could be. But not in emails.

I think grammar is all about social norms. And every platform has them, whether it’s this app, Twitter, or otherwise. And I think if you can’t stick to social norms with email it’s just kind of grating.

You people care too much

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