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Angry words
Last week I sent an angry email. I did consider changing the words and tone but I was furious and, as Esther Derby said, “sometimes anger is the appropriate response”; I thought toning down the message would be a super-reasonable stance.
What didn’t occur to me until much later is that the most direct way to convey anger is to say “I am very angry”. It would also be more congruent to state the reason for anger; otherwise the other person might be left guessing. In future I’m going to try and use the following template:
I am very angry about …… because …..”