This statistic presents U.S. internet users' pet peeves when regarding e-mails as of March 2014. Overall, 60 percent of respondents across all demographic groups were more annoyed with e-mails written in all caps than with overly brief or terse e-mails.
Are you more annoyed by all caps or overly terse e-mails?
Millennials: 18-36 years, Gen X: 37-48 years, Baby Boomers: 49-67 years, Matures: 68+ years "For each pair of common annoyances below, please choose the one that annoys you the most."
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Harris Interactive. (May 5, 2014). Are you more annoyed by all caps or overly terse e-mails? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/306781/us-email-writing-pet-peeves/
Harris Interactive. "Are you more annoyed by all caps or overly terse e-mails?." Chart. May 5, 2014. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/306781/us-email-writing-pet-peeves/
Harris Interactive. (2014). Are you more annoyed by all caps or overly terse e-mails?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/306781/us-email-writing-pet-peeves/
Harris Interactive. "Are You More Annoyed by All Caps or Overly Terse E-mails?." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 May 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/306781/us-email-writing-pet-peeves/
Harris Interactive, Are you more annoyed by all caps or overly terse e-mails? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/306781/us-email-writing-pet-peeves/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Are you more annoyed by all caps or overly terse e-mails? [Graph], Harris Interactive, May 5, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/306781/us-email-writing-pet-peeves/