Since the first appearance in 1978, email has so far undeniably exerted a significant influence on human life professional

l and social communication in particular. This impact, howe er, also has some drawbac!s. "rom my perspecti e, the ad antages of using email greatly outweigh the disad antages. #s can be clearly seen, email nowadays plays a pi otal role in our communication and in arious ways. "irst, it reduces a great deal of our time spent on ma!ing contact with people from a long distance. This may be the greatest benefit of email and the most common reason for using email, rather than other means of communication such as letter, which ma!es us wait for a long time before the message is deli ered. #nother benefit of email is its low cost. $y this, % mean that people will no longer ha e to pay for the deli ery cost, which sometimes rises dramatically proportionately to the distance. %n terms of social role, email helps people get closer than!s to its ability allowing all of us exchanging message without !nowing each other well before. %n addition to such benefits, email ine itably has some drawbac!s, too. &ne of the most noticeable ones is that the de elopment of electronic mail means the gradual failure of writing culture as the ma'ority of people now prefer to use email then neglect the importance of writing culture and their handwriting particularly. %t is no exaggeration to say that letter is li!ely to ha e no place to stand in the future. #nother disad antage of email that many people usually complain is the electronic waste which causes users much trouble. #ll thing considered, there are much more benefits than drawbac!s when using email. (ence, it is hoped that in the future email will become more popular and the users can ma!e best use of it.