5 common English acronyms used in work emails

ASAP. OOO. I’ll be WFH.

Where’s WFH?

LMK if you have any questions.

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In today’s video we’ll talk about acronyms.

An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters

of other words and pronounced as a word.

Such as NASA, which means National Aeronautics

and Space Administration.

Acronyms are used to make communication go faster,

but for it to work people need to know what they mean.

They are very much used in text messages and today also in emails.

I’ll teach you five of them in this video, commonly used in business emails.

Let's take a look at the email Christine received.

In the first line, Maggie says she needs

the report ASAP.

This abbreviation means As Soon As Possible.

When you need something delivered quickly to you, you say, I need it ASAP.

Then she says she wants the numbers from last semester by EOB, which stands

for End Of Business, which means by the end

of the business day.

You can also see versions of this acronym, like, COB,

Close of Business, or, even, EOD, End Of Day.

She goes on in the email saying that she will be OOO,

which means Out Of Office.

This means she won't be there in person next week because she will be WFH.

This is the acronym for Working From Home,

which probably has become a more common acronym in the past two years.

She finishes the email by starting a phrase with LMK,

which stands for Let Me Know, as in tell me if you have any questions.

Now do you see how communication via email can be faster with acronyms?

Do you know any other acronyms commonly used in emails?

LMK in the comments section.

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I also have some other ones for you to try to guess.

Check out these acronyms appearing on the screen and tell me what they mean in

the comments section.

I’ll see you soon. Bye.