work email

Meaning

This term refers to an email address used specifically for job-related communication, or the messages sent to and from that address. It is used to separate professional messages from personal ones. It is extremely common in office and remote work settings.

Examples

• I'll send the contract to your work email this afternoon.

  I'll send the contract to your work email this afternoon.

• Please don't use your personal address; use your work email.

  Please don't use your personal address; use your work email.

• I try not to check my work email on the weekends.

  I try not to check my work email on the weekends.

• Did you get my work email about the upcoming meeting?

  Did you get my work email about the upcoming meeting?

• My work email is currently overflowing with unread messages.

  My work email is currently overflowing with unread messages.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I will write you a job email.

  ✓ I will send you a work email.

  Learners often translate literally from other languages. 'Job email' is incorrect; 'work email' or 'business email' is the standard term.

• ✗ Send it to my email of work.

  ✓ Send it to my work email.

  Avoid using 'noun + of + noun' structures when a noun adjunct like 'work email' is the standard, natural phrase.

Related Expressions

Practice

• I always log out of my ___ before I leave the office.

  💡 The electronic mail account you use for your job.

  Show answer

  work email

• Could you send that PDF to my ___ instead of my personal Gmail?

  💡 Your professional inbox.

  Show answer

  work email