Hi Donald and Johnny, On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:15:09 +0000 Donald Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. Right. > > 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. > I also agree. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Optimising Code for Speed - http://shlom.in/optimise Judaism: God knows you will do shit, does nothing to prevent it, but makes you take the blame for it anyways. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
