atw: Re: Dear Sir/Madam,

From: Ngaire Eyers <ngaire.eyers@xxxxxxxxx>
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:05:25 +1200

Hi all

I'm horrendously behind in these emails as you'll see, but I do enjoy trying
to catch up!  Yep we were taught all the correct grammar and my INTESOL
qualification confirms all the rules, however we weren't tort 2 txt eitha,
folks 'tis a changin' world indeed ;-)

Ngaire

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Lana Brindley <lanabrindley@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> I work in a fairly informal environment, so possibly I'm not the best
> person to comment. For what it's worth though, here's what I do:
>
> If it's addressed to a single person, and I know their name: Hi Tom (less
> formal) or Dear Tom (more formal)
> If it's addressed to more than one person: Hi everyone (less formal) or
> Hello (more formal) or Hi all (very casual)
> If it's addressed to a mailing list, or to a an "admin@" or "support@"
> type email address: Hi (in all circumstances)
>
> Pet hate: When the email is addressed to "admin@" and the email starts
> "Hello Admin". Please acknowledge that there are real people behind those
> email addresses, not faceless "admin" (or "support") drones.
>
> I can also understand the use of "Dear Mr Jones" or whatever too, and I
> would use it where appropriate. Our company is one of those first-names-only
> sort, though, so I don't get much occasion to trot out the Misters and
> Misses (which brings me to another point about assuming gender. But that's a
> rant for another day).
>
> L
>
> On 3 August 2010 03:33, Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sir/Madam,
>> Is there a standard for the salutation in an email like there is for a
>> letter?
>>
>> Many emails I receive start with Hi or Hey.  This seems to apply to many
>> formal emails, and not only my teenage children.
>> Some emails have no salutation at all.
>>
>> Have the days of
>>      Dear Pat,  ................  yours sincerly
>> and
>>     Dear Sir, ....................  yours faithfully
>> now gone forever?
>>
>> The Style Manual refers to letters with Dear Sir and so on, but makes no
>> mention of emails.
>>
>> yours faithfully,
>>
>> Bob Trussler
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers! Lana
>
>
>
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References:
- atw: Dear Sir/Madam,
  - From: Bob Trussler
- atw: Re: Dear Sir/Madam,
  - From: Lana Brindley

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