I used to use the academic style with academics, and the clunky style with everyone else. Now, I just use the academic style with everyone. And, slowly, it st

I used to use the academic style with academics, and the clunky style with everyone else. Now, I just use the academic style with everyone. And, slowly, it starts to catch on. In reality, I think we'll have to teach proper email composition in grade school before it becomes standard.