-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/11/2012 09:15, Donald Stewart wrote: > On 8 November 2012 00:45, Johnny A. Solbu <[email protected] > <mailto:[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.
Except that it should be singular, as you mention, not plural as the original. > 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. > Agreed. Anne -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlCbgXgACgkQj93fyh4cnBfBMgCdFDbd2JOes3ENC40nazLr5yPF 2IgAn1ydxG0+6MewgiNBnRyUFlHxWgF8 =l8d6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
