> In general, comprehension seems to have plummeted in the last five to ten years. I send people e-mails asking two questions, and only get the first one answer

> In general, comprehension seems to have plummeted in the last five to ten years. I send people e-mails asking two questions, and only get the first one answered. OMG, this happens to be all the time, and I don't even use email as a primary communication mechanism. It's so frustrating. I think the case is that people are reading and responding to emails on the go on their phone and so don't have/take the time to write a full response. In the "old days" it was appropriate to answer emails by leaving a partial quote in place and responding below that for each answer. Something changed (I blame Outlook) and now that never happens.