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by quartus 3089 days ago
If you feel compelled to put a smiley face after a sentence to make it more agreeable, it's a sign that you were uncomfortable with the tone of the sentence. Adding a smiley just comes across as passive aggressive or condescending. Just rewrite the original sentence so that you're comfortable with the tone, and omit the smiley.
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Thank you very much. Sometimes things like this are not obvious to me and this will help me communicate better in the future.