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Latest post Sun, Feb 1 2004 3:24 PM by Guest. 1 replies.
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Guest  +  21014 Sun, 01 Feb 04 03:24 PM
Hi, everybody!

I've a question concerning the beginning of a letter. If I only know the name of the person, but don't know her or him very good, how should I start?

with
Dear Jennifer Houston,

or
Dear Ms. (Mrs.?) Houston,

or
Dear Ms. (Mrs.?) Jennifer Houston,

or
Dear Jennifer
(although I don't know her very good!)

???

Thanks for all help,
Gerald
Guest
Bubr  +  21491 Thu, 05 Feb 04 03:59 PM
According to my experience, 'Dear Ms. Houston!' is the best variant, especially if you don't know her well and don't know whether she is married.
Bubr
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