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Mntik Posted 20 years ago
Letter Writing

Help needed for formal e-mail

Hello

I need to write some formal e-mails, to British recipients (university professors). Could you please help me with these two questions?

1) If the recipient has two last names (eg. Smith-Jones) how do I address her? "Dear Professor Smith-Jones"?

2) Is it wrong if I start the mail with their full title, e.g.




Prof. Mary Smith-Jones
University of Chester, UK





Dear Professor Smith-Jones,

...


Thank you in advance for your time


Marina
  

Top answer

1-- Yes, with the full hyphenated last name. 2-- That is a good start. If it is very formal, use a colon, not a comma, after the greeting.

— Mister Micawber

  • 1-- Yes, with the full hyphenated last name.
  • 2-- That is a good start.
  • If it is very formal, use a colon, not a comma, after the greeting.
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1-- Yes, with the full hyphenated last name.
2-- That is a good start. If it is very formal, use a colon, not a comma, after the greeting.
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Thank you very very much.
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hello

My name is Devante Williams & i nedd a email adress
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Hi Devante,

My name is Devante Williams & i nedd a email adress

What kind of email address do you need?

Best wishes, Clive
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i also need to write a formal email describing the pricing of a product to a person whom i contacted through telephone. what should i write in the body of letter?
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Hi,

Start by writing what you would say to the person if you were talking face to face. Then post it here, and we'll help you with comments. OK?
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