By Commas, Business letters

Yes, just so, in a business letter, we would use the colon. Dear Ms. the'Brit: Dear Mr. Spinnaker: But the full stop is not right.

Hi again, I didn't realize that I had done so! I should have used a comma. You do use a colon in formal American English business letters. I must have been in "work mode" and didn't realize what I was doing!

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...

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...

hey, I'll tell u how to write a business letter. You need a heading of your address, the person you r writing to address, saluation, followed by a colon it mean the person name you r writing to. Body 1, body 2 and body 3. you will also need a closing, followed by a comma. and skip four blanks...

To whom, not For whom Colon, not comma after concern for the patent, not for patent spell out small numbers: three in a good, not within good to European, not at European no hyphen: North American no capitals: the construction site gained in not gained into the no comma after...

That's interesting. I'd be inclined to omit the comma after 'Yours faithfully' and leave 4 lines or so before my typed name, to leave space for the signature. (I think the comma after 'Yours faithfully' may be less common in British business letters these days.) MrP

Hi nona the brit, That's excellent and interesting information. Can you find a web site that provides the "proper" method of writing a business letter in Britian? I tried, but I came up empty. In North America, a colon is used after Dear Mr. X: in a business setting, and in a personal...

Thanks for delving deeper, Ahava. As an American, I use a colon for business letters and a comma for informal ones, but I see from an Oxford commercial correspondence text I just received that British style of greeting for business letters uses either a comma or NO punctuation-- 'Dear Sirs,' or...