On 8 November 2012 00:45, Johnny A. Solbu <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 06 November 2012 23:39, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > Dear sirs or madams, > > To me, this sounds a little to generic, a little to unformal when > contacting a law firm. > I feel that if you're using «Dear XXX» there should be one or the other. > I.e. Either Sir og Madam, but then you need to know the gender of the one > responding. and that can be a little tricky. ;-)= > > No, this is wrong, you *cannot* use just one, it has to be both. You could have Dear Sir/Madam, but the correct usage is as originally stated. This is an official letter, and therefore should have the official address to the recipient.
Consider using a more generinc term, like «Greetings» or «Good morgning» > (depending on the time of day you send the email.) or a similar term. > This is far too colloquial, and unsuitable for a letter to an official body. Donald 'Schultz' Stewart > -- > Johnny A. Solbu > PGP key ID: 0xFA687324 >
