I would first begin the letter by establishing some familiar form of salutation before moving next to a brief description of the crew's stated purpose. Once complete, then you next highlight the strengths of the individuals and consider that

hi, i'm 24 years old. "Hello, Dolly. (Hi, John.)" is exactly how i remember learning casual salutations in middle/high school on the East Coast. ...unsure whether this style is still used

I'm indian and i've lived in both US and UK for quite some time. In my 21 years in india, i never heard anyone using hiya as a greeting or salutation, ppl use namaste and namashkaar for that, also in the US 'howdy' 'hey,

Being American I can say that "Sincerely yours" and more commonly just "Sincerely" is AmE. I have never signed a letter with faithfully. In AmE faithfully is a salutation for lovers to declare their loyalty to one another. And

We had it drilled into our heads that "regards" was a salutation and "in regard to" was proper for direction to a subject. So it is disturbing to hear it misued commonly, today.

If you are writing a formal letter don't put the person's name in the salutation; instead put it in the header. Use dear sir or dear madam . If you don't know the name or the sex of the person you wish to contact take the trouble to

Where I went to school I was taught (& the meanings of the words make it seem logical) that "Yours truly," is the correct response for a business saluation (i.e. the information is true), whereas "Yours sincerely," is

I specifically remember this, too. i was told by a former boss it was "Ungrammatical" -- why did I listen to that idiot? I finally did a little research and found the comma is indeed grammatical.

I don't think you are remembering anything incorrectly, but I do think that these days, that comma ("Hello Dolly") is very rarely used. I certainly don't.

I'm sorry, but that was totally not what I was looking for... The reference to the used comma is the one that is BETWEEN Hello and Dolly: Hello, Dolly. As far as other punctuation, that is not my concern but thanks for the response anyway.