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Many thanks for that Without wishing to pursue this too much further could I just ask you to clarify this If I were addressing two gentlemen and a lady say two brothers and a sister all of the same address but no parents deceased would I say Gentlemen and Miss Smith or Dear Mr John Smith Mr Fred...

It is not Ladies simply because we do not use that in a business salutation there is no particular logic to it as far as I know Are the ladies and gentlemen below different from each other Ladies and Gentlemen the next President of the United States Mesdames and Sirs the next President of the...

Sorry Mr McCawber for some reason I cannot see my first post on the forum however thank you for your speedy reply Could you further clarify the correct salutation if the letter had to include the son of this family ie mother spinster daughter and son My boss says it should be Mesdames Mr Smith...

In the salutation you should use their name e g Dear Mrs and Ms Smith Mesdames is plural for Mrs and Ladies is wrong for direct address in a letter

Hi Guest Your solution works Some people just write Dear Sir Others use To whom it may concern My preference is to send an advance e mail or letter or phone call to find out who is going to read the actual e mail That way I can follow up later Otherwise my e mail might just disappear into a black...

I am still not sure what salutation to use in a business email if I don t know the name of the individual I also think it might be different in the UK and in the US I think in the UK it should be Dear Sir or Madam xx I don t think this would be appropriate for a business emails going to a US...

I suppose it might be different in BE as so often is the case I learned to use a colon after the salutation in business letters a long time ago I ve just looked it up in A Writer s Reference 3rd edition Copyright 1995 which is not nearly as ancient as I am and it says a colon should be used

Really Honestly I ve worked in English offices for nearly 20 years and I can t recall seeing a colon used after a salutation It may be one of those correct in theory things that no one actually does in practice

It is still correct to use a colon after the salutation in a business letter

I thought I read somewhere on the web in a site much like this one that if you DO address a married woman with Mrs the proper way is to present it using her husband s name after the Mrs and not hers If you DO use her name the proper way is to preface it with the Ms salutation So if Janet is...