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I make a point to ask one question.
First I ask it as the first line.
Then I elaborate on the question, what I mean, and why I'm asking in the body of the email.
Then the last a paragraph is restating the question in a different wording.
If you want to communicate clearly, then put effort into avoiding all ambiguity. If you have many questions, write many emails.
I number my questions. Helps for visual organization.
It's funny that some replies are saying your post itself is too wordy or long. People just can't focus on anything anymore. As for the suggestion of bullet points, I've had people reply a single answer to an email that just had three short bullet points. So no, it's not always because the questions are buried in text, it's because people react to the first thing they see and don't finish reading.
Yeah, the post is short and clear and everyone's assumptions are that the poster is wordy and unclear. The reponses are mostly examples of exactly the people who can't focus on an email longer than a sentence.
I'm not sure. Maybe. Sometimes. I don't know.
I can only tell you that my best results have come from replying with a neutral "Thank you", then repeating the questions. I prefer it when they answer all my questions, but ultimately, if I want answers, I need to persist, and so I do.
ADHD
I skip questions I don't want to answer.
Sometimes I'm busy man and trying to get something done
Even when we converse, we get across just one point at a time. You have to respect other people's time and bandwidth (Okay, one or two points).
Yes because when are conversing in person you are conversing synchronously.
Only one person talks at a time and for the most part only one major subject idea question or problem is considered at a time. You talk about one thing and then you move along and talk about another thing.
This is not necessarily the case with written language. Where you have the benefit of talking about many things, changing subjects, and listing information out. And the reader can work through this at their own leisure and at their own pace without feeling overwhelmed
I've had my fair share of issues with not getting a complete response from e-mails. And so I changed the way I look at it. It's not like it will take weeks to get all the information you need just because you didn't get everything in one go.
Speak for yourself. We've had YEARS of delay because someone answered "no" to a 2 part question when they completely ignored the first part.
If you ask 10 questions and I know the answer to two of them, I’m going to answer the two and respond expecting someone else to answer the other questions.
If they are all directed at me and I’m the only person in the TO, then I’ll answer what I can. The times I don’t answer is because I either don’t have an answer or don’t want to answer it right now.
Instead of immediately blaming the other person, reflect upon your words. If someone sent you the same message with different but similar questions, how would you respond? Were the questions clear and concise with reasonable answers or do they need discussion? If yes/no is asked, is the question really a yes or no question?
Remember, as busy as you are, the other person may be busier or dealing with emergencies and they are at least attempting to respond rather than just no response at all.
Do you acknowledge the questions you haven't answered and state that you'll respond to them at a later time or want another person to chime in?
The reader might think that your questions are overlaping, making adressing every question redundant. You might want clarity. The reader thinks you can figure it out based on their one answer. They don't want to spend the time to confirm that which you already have the tools to get to yourself.
Yep that's fine push to production by Friday plz.