Hi Jack. (punctuation)
1. Hi Jack.
2. Hi Jack, (used in an email)
3. Hi, Jack (not common)
4. Hi Jack! (more common)
5. Hi, Jack! (OK) (conveying more excitement)
6. Hi! Jack!
7. Hi, Jack. (OK) (conveying no excitement)
Hello,
I have asked this question in other forums too but I have got different replies. Still I have some confusion that' why I want to ask it here to see what your answer is.
Would you please tell me what punctuation you prefer in a an ordinary greeting if you were an author and writing an ordinary simple conversation? And what do you think of #1 and #6? And Also what do you think about #5 and #7 and #4? Some native English speakers say it's silly to use a comma after "Hi" in #5 and 7#. And some others say it's fine. Some people say #4 is the most common one and some others say #5 and #7 are the most common ones.
Now I am confused. I will be grateful if you tell me what you think of them one by one.
Thank you for your time.
Top answer
You can't just throw a question like this out on the internet. Very few people have any idea of conventional style. You will get more wrong answers than right ones.
- You can't just throw a question like this out on the internet.
- Very few people have any idea of conventional style.
- You will get more wrong answers than right ones.
- Such things are a matter of style.
- Get a stylebook, and do what it says.
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You can't just throw a question like this out on the internet. Very few people have any idea of conventional style. You will get more wrong answers than right ones. Such things are a matter of style. Get a stylebook, and do what it says. The Chicago Manual of Style is standard.
The comma is mandatory in direct address. There can be no debate about it. Every stylebook on earth will
0Please use Hello/Dear Jack instead, personally, I do not enjoy being greeted as 'Hi Jack' (close to hijack).
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