Respected..., I am an Indian, aged 37 years - I'm a MALE. I got your e-mail address during my search for a pen-friend for improving my English. I had sent a message to your mail address too, a couple of days back, before I get myself approved

Clive wrote: It seems that a lot of Forum readers feel very, very uncomfortable with the idea of not starting with a formal salutation, yet in email I would say that this is more or less the norm for native speakers. Perhaps this lack of

Hi again. Dear Messrs. would probably do... Sorry, definitely not. That is rarely used, and really only with multiple surnames. If I want to write a very stiff and extremely formal letter to a law firm that I don't like, I might address

Clive wrote: Email is much more informal than 'regular' mail. You don't usually need any salutation at all. Just use politeness. Uh, but does regular mail still exist? Ok, I won't say anything, I'll just ask what I have to ask. Thanks. BTW,

Hi, Uh, really? I was going to use it in a letter... I have to write an email to the Munich turist office... Should I say: "Dear German office workers..."? LOL So I was thinking of using "To whom it may concern". Email is much more informal

Anonymous wrote: Please can anyone tell me if the sentence 'To Whom it May Concern' should have everything except the 'it' capitalised or should 'May' be lower case? Many thanks Linda Hi, This is certainly an intereting topic.

Tar2007 wrote: can anyone help me to answer this letter that I rec e ived from a friend No kids yet. My wife and I are still in DC. Life keeps us busy. She has a full time job and I travel a lot. My brother has two boys (John and Joe). He is

You're welcome - and good luck.

Thank you Grammar Geek for your helpful advice

You can put your boss's full name and title in the address block, but then use "Dear Pat:" in the salutation.