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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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Dear
When sending an e-mail I usually start my message with "Dear,". My colleague however, always puts it in plural: "Dears,". I thought that it was never used in plural... Could somebody confirm this?
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You are correct. Dear is not used in plural even if you are writing to more than one person.
- You are correct.
- Dear is not used in plural even if you are writing to more than one person.
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You are correct. Dear is not used in plural even if you are writing to more than one person.
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Nona The BritYou are correct. Dear is not used in plural even if you are writing to more than one person."Hello, my dears" sounds perfectly natural to me.
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Yes, but that is not the context being asked about.
When writing the salutation of a letter, it is always Dear and never Dears.
When writing the salutation of a letter, it is always Dear and never Dears.
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Hi,
When sending an e-mail I usually start my message with "Dear,".
In case you don't know, I'd like to clarify this a bit. You never say only the word 'Dear' as an opening. You need to say 'Dear + a name+ comma', eg
Dear Tom,
Dear Ms. Smith,
Best wis
When sending an e-mail I usually start my message with "Dear,".
In case you don't know, I'd like to clarify this a bit. You never say only the word 'Dear' as an opening. You need to say 'Dear + a name+ comma', eg
Dear Tom,
Dear Ms. Smith,
Best wis
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In my practice, emails are more casual, and I generally don't use a "greeting" Perhaps a 'hi', or something similar. But I'm not in a business where more formality might be appropriate.
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