greetings used in letters

Hi,

Can I start writing a formal letter with "Dear Mr. or Mrs."? Without any names, just the phrase in the quotation marks. No.


Can I start writing an informal letter to my aunt and my uncle with "Dear uncle, dear aunt" or maybe "Dear uncle and aunt"? Yes. It's more common to use 'and'.

We often refer to such relat

In business letters (or formal letters, and in any kind of letter, really), we should make it a point to know who we are addressing. Of course you can use "Dear Mr. or Mrs.:," but your readers may lose interest. Why will they lose interest? Because you don't take the time to acknowledge who they are. How do they know that the letter in question is addressed to them?

Take some time to

Of course you can use "Dear Mr. or Mrs.:,"

I really have to disagree. "Dear Mr. or Mrs." just looks really unprofessional. You can't use it in a business letter. (And if the person reading it is an unmarried female, she's not even addressed at all!)

Hey!

I would advise you to start your letter with: Dear Mr.(last name) or Dear Mrs.(last name),

I would advise you to say: Dear Uncle and Aunt,

Hope that helps!

If you have no way of knowing the name, and it's not important enough to find out, you can say "Dear Sir or Madam." This is not as good as using the actual names, but it's better than "Dear Mr. or Mrs."

no they are not incorrect if youre writing to your aunt or uncle does it really matter they know you and you know them o the other han if it is a busines letter you should probably start off with "dear Sir/Madam

I'm looking at all these responses and has everyone forgotten our friend in ambiguity "To Whom It May Concern"?

Hi,

I'm looking at all these responses and has everyone forgotten our friend in ambiguity "To Whom It May Concern"?


Other than for a general letter of reference for someone, are you seriously suggesting that people should write business letters starting with 'To Whom It May Concern'?

Please, please, please say you aren't advocating this.


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Clive Hi,

I'm looking at all these responses and has everyone forgotten our friend in ambiguity "To Whom It May Concern"?


Other than for a general letter of reference for someone, are you seriously suggesting that people should write business letters starting with 'To Whom It May Concern'?

Please, please, please say you aren't advo

ermmm... can someone give me some formal greetings that i could use in a letter it would be awesome if u could