-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Friday, November 22, 2002 11:23:02 AM RE: "(SOT) Use of Re: in the subject line"
Greetings Thomas, On Friday, November 22, 2002, 10:24:07 AM, you wrote: TF> @DG Raftery: I also use the abbreviation "Re:" meaning "Regarding" in TF> office memos. It used to be done even in business letters with the TF> same meaning as "Subject" in email headers. However, I would never use TF> "Re:" in in carbon-based business contexts as meaning "Reply". It is a TF> different environment. Again, and I'm sure this subject will hit the dead topic instruction soon, I would not consider Re: being utilized in a business correspondence nor memo as "Regarding". My reasoning? re�gard�ing, v. tr. To take into account; consider. ref�er�ence n. The state of being related or referred: with reference to; in reference to. To mention in a reference; refer to: Very seldom would I send an RE: signifying that I would like the receiver to "take into account; consider". I send the Re: with the specific reference that is not debatable, i.e. answering a specific request, specifying an incident, or replying to a specified subject. Please bear in mind that I don't not profess to be the owner nor interpreter for the English/American language and that I wish no person that I send a Re: to to consider my subject matter nor take it into account. - -- Regards, DG Raftery Sr. Don't let the computer bugs bite! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Business Security 6.0 iQA/AwUBPd5cSmGmTEg4iItaEQLd/wCggi6hGwy4WtJ8c8qpF3D/Zy4pjs0AnjV4 TJ7LrCkMMBdsfnFNUOI/3TP6 =LqcW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
