And yet on this side of the Atlantic, we certainly put a comma after the greeting in an informal letter and a colon after the greeting in a business letter. Right... perhaps there are UK/US differences then. I don't recall ever seeing a

Whoops. I was too broad in my "this side of the Atlantic." Sorry!!

Hi, I was taught to put a comma for both business and personal. Clive

And yet on this side of the Atlantic, we certainly put a comma after the greeting in an informal letter and a colon after the greeting in a business letter. Dear Mary, It was so nice to hear from you. Dear Ms. Smith: Thank you for

I'm assuming you mean a line that says "Dear <name>". I wouldn't bother with any punctuation. I'd just write it like this: Dear Mr Smith Blah blah... A comma after the name is possible, but I

For a non profit business fundraiser would I use a comma or a colon on the greeting line?

Hi, hi, how are you dear Hi, how are you, dear? Where I live, the only people I usually call 'dear' are small children and my wife. In addition, I start letters by the standard greeting of eg 'Dear Tom', eg

Random House dictionary lists the following plural forms for the salutations Ms. / Mses. Mr. / Messrs. Mrs. / Mmes. Miss / Misses They are quite irregular; likely from the French basis of Mr. and Mrs.

Thank you for your help! Greetings, Jordy

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