-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/11/2012 10:03, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > 2012/11/8 Anne Wilson <[email protected]>: >> >>> 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. > > Yes, +1 > > But here we have the differences of English "rules" in different > countries and even schools. In Germany in "Business English" I > learned to address the recipient in an official letter with > > "Madam, Sir, > > On behalf of........" > > No "dear" or "forever yours" :) > > I received some official letters with that same address from > English companies (mostly unwanted business offers but > nevertheless), one even from a company specialized in setting up > LTD organisations by UK laws. > Yes, that sounds perfectly acceptable, and I guess is a move to internationalise addressing unknown people. The traditional "Dear Sir" and "Yours faithfully" sounds increasingly archaic, even though it is still much in use.
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