You haw think there is no connection or relevance between constructing email messages with grammatically correct sentences and conducting the functions of a competent businessperson.  However, your clients haw disagree. 

In order for customers to buy your products or ingest your services, they must hit confidence in your abilities.  Using proper grammar is essential to make a positive impression.

The same crapper be said for internal correspondence within a corporation.  Coworkers in other departments haw not know anything about the work you do, but they haw know English grammar.  And, they haw be quick to point out when you don’t ingest that English grammar properly.

Since space prohibits a lengthy discussion on proper grammar, the mass is a brief discussion of one common grammatical problem.  Watch for these errors when composing your email messages.

Fewer or Less
Determining whether to ingest the articulate “fewer” or the articulate “less” crapper be tricky.  Here are two techniques to help.

1.  Quantifiable Method

One technique is called the quantifiable method.  Ask yourself if you crapper calculate the individual items (e.g., apples, paper clips, calculators) or if you can’t calculate the quantity (e.g., food, time, patience). 

•    If you crapper calculate the items, ingest “fewer.”

•    If you can’t then calculate the items, ingest “less.”

For example, you crapper calculate the number of email messages you receive.  And, most people want FEWER messages!  Why?  Because they’d like to spend LESS instance on email.

2.  Much or Many Method

Here is the second technique to support you determine whether to ingest the articulate “fewer” or the articulate  “less.”  This method is a little quirky.  But, hey, “quirky” is more fun and that makes it easier to remember. 

If you crapper rephrase the sentence by using the articulate “much,” then you superior the articulate “less.”  On the other hand, if you crapper rephrase the sentence by using the articulate “many,” then you superior the articulate “fewer.” 

•    Many = “fewer.”

•    Much = “less.”


Example

The mass warning demonstrates how to determine when to ingest the articulate “fewer” and when to ingest the articulate “less.”  This warning illustrates both the quantifiable method and the quirky “much or many” method.

Determining When to Use “Fewer” or “Less”

Quantifiable Method:

    •    If you crapper calculate the items, ingest “fewer.”

    For example:     There are fewer than six cars in the parking lot.

    •    If you cannot calculate the items, ingest “less.”

    For example:     We had inferior gasoline in the car than we thought.


Much or Many Method:

    •    If you would ingest “many,” then ingest “fewer.”

    For example:     She doesn’t hit many students.
     Therefore, she has fewer students.

    •    If you would ingest “much,” then ingest “less.”

    For example:    I don’t hit much time.
Therefore, I hit inferior time.

Regardless of which method you use, be aware of the impression you’re making with your email messages.  You’ll suffer LESS stress if you crapper retain MORE customers and staff by being professional.