By absense - 16/03/2016 07:43 - United Kingdom

Today, after returning to work from a week-long sickness, I sent out an apologetic email to all of my clients to explain my lack of communication due to absence. I realised afterwards I had put the subject line as 'Absense'. And sent it to all of my clients. FML
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Same thing different taste

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It's just one letter... no ragrets OP lol. I'm sure no one noticed anyway. And even if they did, they knew what you were talking about. I don't think you need to worry too much on this one.

I certainly hadn't noticed. I had to read it a few times before i saw it. Doesn't jump out at me like other misspelled words

Same. I was wondering what was wrong with having "absence" in the subject line when that was the point of the email. Had to look a little closer before I noticed the typo.

That error happened in absence of sense. Next time check again before pressing send. Hopefully your clients will be understanding.

I didn't even notice at first, chances are they won't either. Or care to be honest it's an easy mistake

Yeah. I missed it. I had to come in here to figure it out.

Please tell me those clients are authors, and you're their editor.

I'm sure if the read the email they would have known what you meant

I've done something very similar. Make sure you turn spellcheck on, it does work on subject lines too. :-)

Or be an adult and admit your mistake. Sure, it's a foolish mistake, but people tend to respect you more when you take responsibility for your errors, instead of blaming others.

I had to reread to comprehend this. Maybe they won't notice xD