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Akavall Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
A question about formal e-mail
Let's say I am writting a formal e-mail to John, should I say,
Hello John, or Hello, John,
Are both correct?
Also,
John, or John:
Is it proper to use the colon after the addressee's name?
Hello John, or Hello, John,
Are both correct?
Also,
John, or John:
Is it proper to use the colon after the addressee's name?
Top answer
Hi, well, if it's formal I don't think you usually say "John". Maybe "Mr. Johnson" or something else.
- Hi, well, if it's formal I don't think you usually say "John".
- Maybe "Mr.
- Johnson" or something else.
- Using "John" and a colon seems too direct and concise to me.
- Anyway, I once read somewhere that nowadays all emails tend to be pretty informal, even the ones that would be expected to be somewhat formal.
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Hi,
well, if it's formal I don't think you usually say "John". Maybe "Mr. Johnson" or something else. Using "John" and a colon seems too direct and concise to me. Anyway, I once read somewhere that nowadays all emails tend to be pretty informal, even the ones that would be expected to be somewhat formal. In other words, I think I read that companies now tend to send informal emails to people
well, if it's formal I don't think you usually say "John". Maybe "Mr. Johnson" or something else. Using "John" and a colon seems too direct and concise to me. Anyway, I once read somewhere that nowadays all emails tend to be pretty informal, even the ones that would be expected to be somewhat formal. In other words, I think I read that companies now tend to send informal emails to people
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Hi, Kooyeen,
Yeah, John is not too formal; I forgot about that
. I was mostly interested in whether I need to put a comma
Yeah, John is not too formal; I forgot about that
. I was mostly interested in whether I need to put a comma 0
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