By Colons, Salutation

corrections in bold and other areas you need to look at are highlighted for you. Watch out for the length of your sentences. You tend to run on and try to connect too many ideas and are not using enough commas. Dear Sir or Madam (US uses colon, UK uses comma or nothing after salutation) This...

I think the American style is often to complete a salutation with a colon : but not a full stop.

I'd just like to point out that this isn't grammar - this is "style." And different style guides will tell you different things. American: Colons after the salutation in a business letter, comma after the closing. Do NOT indent the paragraphs in a business letter. Save that for letters...

Dear Mr. Ericson! Do not end a salutation with an exclamation mark. In US English use a colon :, in British English use either a comma or nothing.As you are already aware, Football Club “Shahter”(Donetsk) is about to build a new 5-star stadium, which meets all official UEFA requirements and will...

Anonymous wrote: What difference does it make? Give your Dear Whoever and move along with what's important and that is the text (body) of your letter. Get to the business of things and leave the picky things for those who want to create their own style of salutations. Well, for the same...

CalifJim wrote:All: I used colons in that context just last week several times. I've been using them for years. Is this a sign that I've become old? Or just old-fashioned? Fascinating! As they say, "You learn something new every day." I have almost reached the half-century mark and...

After the salutation, use a colon or nothing. Leave out "This letter is to . . . " Obviously, your letter will explain itself. Start with "Thank you . . . " ". . . delay action with respect to this opportunity . . . ? Why all those words? "Because I'll be overseas till next week, could we...

To me, the rules regarding punctuation around quotation marks are not always logical. To 'remember' them, I extracted the following from Webster's Third New International Dictionary: 13.1 Direct quotations: "When I am dead," said one of the keenest minds, "lay a sword on my coffin." 13.2 In...

Dany, I think you are asking if you should use a colon after the person's name in salutation? Yes. Dear Mr. Jones: The purpose of this letter is to provide an example. Sincerely, MountainHiker A colon is used for business, and a comma for personal (or non-business) letters. Dear...

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...