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May 5, 2016. #15. If, for example, the person's name is AB Smith, then another option is: Dear AB Smith, which may make it more personal than just Dear Sir or Madam. Each situation is different and may require different usages. To me, "Dear Sir or Madam" is beginning to sound ridiculously old-fashioned. Nothing wrong with using an actual name.
If each recipient receives one email: "Dear Sir or Madam". If each recipient is two people who (i) share an email address and can see each other's emails, and (ii) you know that each pair of people consists of one man and one woman: Dear Sir & Madam. (This form is usually only used in formal business correspondence to a married couple and, even ...
English UK Southern Standard English. Jul 20, 2021. #3. "To whom it may concern" is very old-fashioned and seldom used nowadays. There's nothing rude about "Dear Sir or Madam": it is very formal, however, and nowadays seems mostly confined to correspondence of a legal nature.
Mar 19, 2010. #2. If I were writing a letter of application to a job I would write " Dear Sir / Madam ". I would write " to whom it may concern " if I were writing a pamphlet or circular to the effect that "next week the high street will be inaccessible because electricity cables are being laid". Both are fairly impersonal but the latter ...
French. Aug 27, 2009. #1. Hello, When writing a formal letter in Greek, how should I say, "Dear Sir/Madame,"? (I do not know if the recipient is a man or a woman.) To say Dear Sir, I would write, Αγαπητέ Κύριε, and to write Dear Madame, I would write, Αγαπητή Κυρία, Please correct me if I have not understood!!
If the position is unrelated, in an informal occasion, you can always use 您好！. "Hello!/Greetings!" A direct translation of "Dear Sir/Madam" is also common: 亲爱的先生/女士. In formal letters, the possibilities vary a lot. Also, there are different styles in Mainland China, Taiwan and other Chinese speaking regions.
English, United States. Mar 2, 2006. #3. TrentinaNE is correct. "Dear Sir or Madam" is the correct way to address a letter to one unknown person, such as the director of the personnel department. When addressing an entire company or an entire department of a company it gets a little trickier. If you know for certain that everyone in the group ...
Oct 27, 2022. #3. MaRi__aNnA said: Could you, please, tell me is it ok to write in semi formal email “Dear Sir or Madam” if I don’t know who will be read my email. Not long ago, this would have seemed normal to me, but the current wave of non-binary self identification, i.e. not identifying as male or female, I would find a gender-less ...
European Spanish. Feb 22, 2010. #7. It's way better "Estimado Señor/Señora" than just "Señor/Señora". And yes, it could be abreviated into Estimado Sr./Sra., Estimados Sres./Sras. Of course if you start the letter with that words, the correct form of adressing is the "usted/ustedes" instead of "tu/vosotros". N.
Al2O3 said: Its best to say 'Dear Sir/Madam' when you don't know the person you are addressing and if you use this, you have to end 'Yours Faithfully'. Still too pretentious and stiff for my AE taste. Parla said: I'd just address the company, and I don't find "Dear" necessary.