{"id":3028,"date":"2020-06-09T17:52:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T09:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/?page_id=3028"},"modified":"2020-06-10T13:02:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T05:02:58","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #e6dcce;background-position: center bottom;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:1000px;\"><img width=\"1680\" height=\"1000\" title=\"Shirley-Taylor-with-books-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Shirley-Taylor-with-books-2.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Shirley-Taylor-with-books-2-200x119.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Shirley-Taylor-with-books-2-400x238.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Shirley-Taylor-with-books-2-600x357.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Shirley-Taylor-with-books-2-800x476.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Shirley-Taylor-with-books-2-1200x714.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Shirley-Taylor-with-books-2.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 home-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:50px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:60px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-pagination\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:25px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -25px !important; margin-right:-25px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-blog-rollover fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-2 isotope fusion-blog-equal-heights\" data-pages=\"45\" data-grid-col-space=\"50\" style=\"margin: -25px -25px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-3128\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3128 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-writing category-e-mail-etiquette\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1280\" height=\"670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tip-1-banner-blog.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tip-1-banner-blog-200x105.png 200w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tip-1-banner-blog-400x209.png 400w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tip-1-banner-blog-600x314.png 600w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tip-1-banner-blog-800x419.png 800w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tip-1-banner-blog-1200x628.png 1200w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tip-1-banner-blog.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 525px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/ten-deadly-sins-of-email-writing\/\">Ten deadly sins of email writing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/ten-deadly-sins-of-email-writing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTen deadly sins of email writing\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/ten-deadly-sins-of-email-writing\/\" aria-label=\"Ten deadly sins of email writing\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/ten-deadly-sins-of-email-writing\/\">Ten deadly sins of email writing<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/author\/stts-2\/\" title=\"Posts by STTS Training Pte Ltd\" rel=\"author\">STTS Training Pte Ltd<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-01-27T16:20:29+08:00<\/span><span>January 27th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/business-writing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Business writing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/e-mail-etiquette\/\" rel=\"category tag\">E-mail etiquette<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Check out my seven deadly sins of email writing and count up how many apply to you.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3006\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3006 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-automation-age category-business-writing category-communication-skills category-future-of-work category-human-difference\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1280\" height=\"670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/woman-laptop-email.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/woman-laptop-email-200x105.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/woman-laptop-email-400x209.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/woman-laptop-email-600x314.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/woman-laptop-email-800x419.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/woman-laptop-email-1200x628.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/woman-laptop-email.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 525px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/its-time-to-question-the-norms-in-your-email-writing\/\">It&#039;s time to question the norms in your email writing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/its-time-to-question-the-norms-in-your-email-writing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt's time to question the norms in your email writing\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/its-time-to-question-the-norms-in-your-email-writing\/\" aria-label=\"It&#039;s time to question the norms in your email writing\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/its-time-to-question-the-norms-in-your-email-writing\/\">It's time to question the norms in your email writing<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/author\/stts-2\/\" title=\"Posts by STTS Training Pte Ltd\" rel=\"author\">STTS Training Pte Ltd<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-06-11T09:31:13+08:00<\/span><span>July 3rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/automation-age\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Automation Age<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/business-writing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Business writing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/communication-skills\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Communication skills<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/future-of-work\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Future of work<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/human-difference\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Human difference<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Since my recent articles, the conversations about writing style are still continuing, and that's a good thing. It means people [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2999\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2999 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-automation-age category-business-writing category-communication-skills category-human-difference\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1280\" height=\"670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/0-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/prove-youre-human-in-emails-too\/\">Prove you&#039;re human&#8230; in emails too!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/prove-youre-human-in-emails-too\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProve you're human&#8230; in emails too!\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/prove-youre-human-in-emails-too\/\" aria-label=\"Prove you&#039;re human&#8230; in emails too!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/prove-youre-human-in-emails-too\/\">Prove you're human&#8230; in emails too!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/author\/stts-2\/\" title=\"Posts by STTS Training Pte Ltd\" rel=\"author\">STTS Training Pte Ltd<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-06-10T09:25:08+08:00<\/span><span>June 27th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/automation-age\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Automation Age<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/business-writing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Business writing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/communication-skills\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Communication skills<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/human-difference\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Human difference<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Two of my recent articles seem to have really hit a nerve in many people. I've very glad to see [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2992\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2992 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-writing category-communication-skills category-e-mail-etiquette\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1280\" height=\"670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/0.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/are-you-doing-a-waltz-or-cha-cha-cha-in-your-emails\/\">Are you doing a Waltz or Cha-Cha-Cha in your emails?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/are-you-doing-a-waltz-or-cha-cha-cha-in-your-emails\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAre you doing a Waltz or Cha-Cha-Cha in your emails?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/are-you-doing-a-waltz-or-cha-cha-cha-in-your-emails\/\" aria-label=\"Are you doing a Waltz or Cha-Cha-Cha in your emails?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/are-you-doing-a-waltz-or-cha-cha-cha-in-your-emails\/\">Are you doing a Waltz or Cha-Cha-Cha in your emails?<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/author\/stts-2\/\" title=\"Posts by STTS Training Pte Ltd\" rel=\"author\">STTS Training Pte Ltd<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-06-10T09:51:38+08:00<\/span><span>June 20th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/business-writing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Business writing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/communication-skills\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Communication skills<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/category\/e-mail-etiquette\/\" rel=\"category tag\">E-mail etiquette<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I'm so glad to have received a great response to my message recent article 'Don't write like a robot. 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