By Salutation

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, how'r you doin' ' and 'hi' are the...

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 I have written "To whom it may...

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 find out. If you are writing to a department use...

"Yours faithfully" for an application letter? I think not; too familiar. . This is more like a business letter. In fact, I would make the salutation To Whom It May Concern and end it with Sincerely, But then again, I give a US perspective.

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 correct for a personal salutation when corresponding...

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.

Hi Anon Now it seems as if everyone is writing: Hello Dolly or Hi John - with no comma. In modern English, the stress is on less punctuation. For example, it was formerly Mr. (in BrE), but nowadays, it is Mr (without period). However, in AmE, a period is inserted after after Mr. I believe...