Choose a text or an email

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Fit the place you will use it

Choose the form before you draft.

A text can be one short message. An email can have a subject and a short body. The subject names the topic; the body holds the message.

You can ask for either form using the same facts. Check the meaning after the form changes.

Buddy says

A clear subject helps the reader know what the email is about.

Be clear about the form

Name the parts you want.

For an email, ask for a subject and body. If you want a short body, you can name a sentence count.

A screen line can wrap on a phone. Count sentences or bullets when that is what the request names.

TextOne short note with the whole question.

EmailA subject plus a short body.

KeepThe day, time and whether you are asking or confirming.

In your email app, put the subject text in the subject box and the draft body in the message box.

Leave out labels such as Subject: and the instructions you gave ChatGPT. Those are not part of the message to your reader.

An email you can inspect

The schedule stays a question.

Made-up task: Ask the office whether art class still meets Tuesday at 10 in the morning. The schedule is not confirmed.

Example message

Draft an email to the office asking whether art class still meets Tuesday at 10 in the morning. Give a subject and a body of two sentences. Keep it polite. Do not claim that the schedule is confirmed.

An example AI reply

Subject: Art class schedule Hello, does art class still meet Tuesday at 10 in the morning? Thank you for checking.

The subject names the topic. The two body sentences ask about the schedule and give thanks. A subject that said Tuesday class confirmed would change the meaning.

Write a request for an email

Keep the schedule unconfirmed.

Made-up task: Ask the office whether craft group still meets Friday at 2 in the afternoon. Write a request for a subject and a two-sentence email body. Do not confirm the meeting yourself.

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Ask for the form and say that the schedule is a question.

Start with a few words, or look at the example first.

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