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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Grammar in formal letters

0Hi everyone02br
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00I'm doing a cover letter for a resume, however I'm not sure about:02br
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001. Whether to indent at the start of each paragraph02br
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002. Whether to put a comma after 'Dear Sir/Madam' and 'Yours faithfully'02br
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00What is the formal way to do this?02br
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00Cheers0-
  

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0 Dear Sir/Madam,02br 02br 001. No first line intents. But a 1-line intent after each paragraph.

— Ant_222

  • 0 Dear Sir/Madam,02br 02br 001.
  • No first line intents.
  • But a 1-line intent after each paragraph.
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  • : All that is just my guess.
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0 Dear Sir/Madam,02br
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001. No first line intents. But a 1-line intent after each paragraph. I mean, separate your paragraphs by one empty line and use left justification.02br
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00Yourth faithfully,02br
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0 Hi Anon02br
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00You can by all means have a lot of in01font01b00t02b02font00ent in your letter but no indention is necessary these days. (Just referring to a previous reply.)02br
00 I have got(ten) the impression from my British friends' letters that commas are out of style in British English. (Howev
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0 When writing formally, a comma after the greeting and after the end salutation is required. Whether you indent paragraphs without a space between the paragraphs or don't indent the paragraphs but do insert a space between them is entirely up to you. Either is acceptable.0-
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01font00They want you to put a comma after 01i00Mr02i00 in 01i00Mr. Smith02i00.02font02br
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01font00I think you meant to say 'a period' rather than 'a comma'.02font02br
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0Thanks everyone.02br
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00I'm in Australia, and we tend to use British English more often than American. I'll leave the commas out0-
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0I'd just like to point out that this isn't grammar - this is "style." And different style guides will tell you different things.02br
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  • 00Colons after the salutation in a business letter, comma after the closing.02li
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  • 00Do NOT indent the paragraphs in a business letter. Sav
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Hi All,

I have a similar question about commas. When writing an email should one write " Dear Lindsay, Grandmother, and Dad, " or " Dear Lindsay, Grandmother, and Dad; " ? Or, should it be other way? Both ways seem strange to me but writing an email to three parties collectively is for me somewhat unprecedented.
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I'd write
Dear Lindsay, Grandmother and Dad,
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you can write it without a comma ,still it will be correct.

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