"Hope all’s well" has topped a database of email cliches, according to a survey
Over a 4th of Britons (26%) regularly commencement their messages with the overused phrase, adjacent though they mightiness ne'er accidental it successful existent life.
“Hope this finds you well” is besides up there, on with “apologies for my hold successful response”. One successful 5 uses “as per my past email”, portion 18% constitute “a speedy enactment to say”.
The survey was by flexible bureau supplier Spacemade, which wants to spot much radical successful offices.
It said “hope all’s well” translates to: “I’ve honestly not thought astir your wellbeing but this seems to beryllium the modular mode to commencement an email.”
Co-founder Jonny Rosenblatt said: “In-person conversations prevention america from these formalities, making connection much effectual and enjoyable.”
Top 10 email cliches
1. Hope all's good (26%) - I've honestly not thought astir your wellbeing, but this seems to beryllium the modular mode to commencement an email.
2. Apologies for my hold successful effect (24%) - I'd wholly forgotten astir your email.
3. Hope this finds you good (22%) - I've tally retired of different ways to commencement emails.
4. As per my past email (20%) - You didn't work my past email, did you?
5. A speedy enactment to accidental (18%) - Thanks for stating the evident (and we some cognize it's not a speedy one)
6. Just pursuing up (17%) - Because I asked for this 2 weeks agone and I'm inactive waiting...
7. Re. (15%) - You've asked truthful galore questions I'm present resorting to shorthand.
8. Thanks for your patience (15%) - We some cognize you've been pestering maine each week.
9. As per our past treatment (14%) - You didn't perceive to maine past time, did you / Why are we having this speech again.
10. Friendly reminder (13%) - Despite maine asking you aggregate times already, I'm beauteous definite you've forgotten.