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BOO! alt.flame Special Forces "The chief business of the nation, as a nation, is the setting up of heroes, mainly bogus." H.L. Mencken

Use 'sincerely' when the recipient is named in the greeting ('Dear Ms. Jones'). Use 'faithfully' when there is no person's name in the greeting (' Dear Sirs'; 'Dear Manager').

ermmm... can someone give me some formal greetings that i could use in a letter it would be awesome if u could Do your best to find out the name of the person. Call the company. Call the receptionist. Call that person's

They're called interjections or exclamations. As Clive said they're a lot. And some more of them: ahoy! :for hailing and greeting(Nautical) ahem :used to attract attention. ah me :alas oho :for surprise oh, boy!

Americans use less in the way of salutations than most other people. My idea would be, Regards, John Smith or, Sincerely, John Smith

Regards in a letter is this acceptable with a period in the salutation. Regards. Sincerely, John Smith

Be -is a verb which is not used in progressive form too much. It is incorrect to say: I am being busy/hungry/ easy. But you can say: I am busy/ hungry. However, it's correct to say "John was being rude when he ignored your greeting,

When do you place a comma after the salutation and when to you place a colon?

Hi guys, I have written a letter of motivation, but I'm not sure, wheater everything is correct or not. I don't want to post the letter online, because consequently everybody could find it via Google. I would appreciate it, if