this is maybe a stupid question, but how would you write a polite email to a university professor regardless of the topic? I realize as I am looking back at my undergraduate studies that I might have offended some professors by accident because my emails did not come across as polite enough. But truth to be told, When I first started as an undergrad, there is a language barrier for me and lack of knowlege of university culture + difference in francophone versus anglophone culture explains it but I don't know if they got that and I do not want to repeat the same mistake in the future. Apparently, lots lots of students do not know how to approach a professor by email and come across as impolite or too "friendly". Any thoughts or advice on this?
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Adelaide9216
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this is maybe a stupid question, but how would you write a polite email to a university professor regardless of the topic? I realize as I am looking back at my undergraduate studies that I might have offended some professors by accident because my emails did not come across as polite enough. But truth to be told, When I first started as an undergrad, there is a language barrier for me and lack of knowlege of university culture + difference in francophone versus anglophone culture explains it but I don't know if they got that and I do not want to repeat the same mistake in the future. Apparently, lots lots of students do not know how to approach a professor by email and come across as impolite or too "friendly". Any thoughts or advice on this?
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