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Pieanne Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
How to write a letter
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| 02 br 02 br 00 Hello! 02 br 02 br 00 I have a question. When you write a letter - in English -, do you write 02 br 02 br 00 Dear Mrs X 01 font 00 comma, 02 font 02 br 02 br 00 Or 02 br 02 br 00 Dear Mrs X 01 font 00 colon: 02 font 02 br 02 br 00 The uses may be different in the UK and in the US... 02 br 02 br 00 Thank you! 02 br 02 td | 02 tr
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0 As far as I know, comma in the UK, colon in North America. shtml
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01 cite 10 Marius Hancu 12 cite 10 As far as I know, comma in the UK, colon in North America. 12 br10 A couple of decades ago, I remember learning colon being used in formal letters as “Dear ***:”. Gradually, the comma was replacing the colon and today, it seems like everyone (at least
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lol I didn't know that either. Thank you (marius hancu)0
In the house style of many British companies, no punctuation is used after the salutation.
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