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Salutations in letters

Should the salutation "Dear Dave" be handwritten in correspondence?

I have seen many letters from senior government officials, and MP's use handwritten salutation and "yours sincerely" is also handwritten with the rest typed. But I have not commonly seen this used elsewhere.

Is there an accepted standard on salutations in correspondence?
  

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[nq:1]Should the salutation "Dear Dave" be handwritten in correspondence? I have seen many letters from senior government officials, and MP's use handwritten salutation and "yours sincerely" is also handwritten with the rest typed. [/nq] I think this is where they have used a standard letter, but didn't have (or didn't know how to use) the mail merge function on their word processor.

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  • [nq:1]Should the salutation "Dear Dave" be handwritten in correspondence?
  • I have seen many letters from senior government officials, and MP's use handwritten salutation and "yours sincerely" is also handwritten with the rest typed.
  • [/nq] I think this is where they have used a standard letter, but didn't have (or didn't know how to use) the mail merge function on their word processor.
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[nq:1]Should the salutation "Dear Dave" be handwritten in correspondence? I have seen many letters from senior government officials, and MP's use handwritten salutation and "yours sincerely" is also handwritten with the rest typed. But I have not commonly seen this used elsewhere.[/nq]
I think this is where they have used a standard letter, but didn't have (or didn't know how to use) the mail
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[nq:1]Should the salutation "Dear Dave" be handwritten in correspondence?[/nq]
Only if Dave is the addressee.

Richard Bollard
Canberra, Australia
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[nq:2]Should the salutation "Dear Dave" be handwritten in correspondence?[/nq]
[nq:1]Only if Dave is the addressee.[/nq]
Dave's not here.

Skitt (in SF Bay Area) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ I speak English well I learn it from a book!
Manuel (Fawlty Towers)
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[nq:1]Should the salutation "Dear Dave" be handwritten in correspondence?[/nq]
No.
[nq:1]I have seen many letters from senior government officials, and MP's use handwritten salutation and "yours sincerely" is also handwritten with the rest typed. But I have not commonly seen this used elsewhere.[/nq]
Usually, only the signature is handwritten.

Charles Riggs
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[nq:2]Only if Dave is the addressee.[/nq]
[nq:1]Dave's not here.[/nq]
He's not here because Hal won't open the pod-bay door.
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I beg to differ, at least Pondianly. As somebody mentioned upthread, it's normal in Br correspondence to "top and tail" a typewritten or word-processed letter by hand, whether or not you have a secretary. I always do it, and may sometimes even raise an eyebrow when I don't receive it, except probably for "Dear Sir" letters. It carries no necessary implication that you've sent the same letter to so
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