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What is the rudest email you have ever received? We all deal with emails on a daily basis, but sometimes people can write them too quickly, without thinking enough about how it makes the other person feel. Is there anything that people write in emails which you find impolite? And have you ever sent a rude email yourself...? Phil and Becca discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary. Get a free worksheet, quiz and transcript for this episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260702 Practise your listening with The Listening...
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From BBCLearningEnglish.com Hello, this is 6 minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Phil. And I'm Becca. Sending emails is a big part of modern work and most people try to write emails politely,
most, but not all. Recently BBC Radio 4 program all in the mind asked listeners to tell them what they find rude in emails. Here, presenter Claudia Hammond and guest Pete Hollisoga discuss what listeners had to say. Rachel in Manchester says, what a noise her is, people who start their emails
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