Text message to a friend:
Hey! Are you at the airport yet? I am waiting in the restaurant by your gate. Hopefully you'll be here soon lol
Text message to a co-worker you have never met:
Hi Lauren, this is your co-worker Ionie. I am here to meet you at the airport at the restaurant next to your gate. What time are you coming in?
The tone for the text message to a friend is more informal. The text message to a co-worker that I have never met before is more professional, polite, and respectful. In the style for the text message to my friend, grammar is disregarded and abbreviations are added. The style for the co-work text however, grammar is not disregarded and there is no causal phrasing. I also avoided using text-message style abbreviations, and emoticons when messaging my co-worker.
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