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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Hi, Hello, and Hey

If we start an informal letter with words like 'Hi', 'Hello' and 'Hey', do we use a comma or period after these words? I say the period is the correct choice, technically. Do you agree?


Hi,

I'm writing to say...


Hi.

I'm writing to say...


Thanks.
  

Top answer

Yes.

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5 Answers
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It's a greeting, so I'd use a comma, as I would with eg Dear Mr Smith,

But in informal communications, such matters can be handled loosely.

Clive
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Oops. I misread the question; I was saying yes to the comma.
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Thanks, Aspara Gus and Clive.
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In British English using the comma was common 50 years ago but has since gone out of style:

Hi John
I'm writing to tell you...

Cheers
Mark

I was somewhat surprised a couple of years ago when I was reading The Guardian online and noticed that the newspaper consistently omitted commas even in dates: June 7 2013. Of course the date is fully understandable ev
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