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

Hi, Actually, when you are writing a formal letter never use a comma after addressing who the letter is to. The proper puncuation is a colon (:), not a comma. I see nothing at all wrong with a comma. Example "Dear whom it may

Hi Matthew, Why do we capitalise the first letter of the word following Dear Sir, or Madam? Example: Dear Sirs, Here is my resume as requested . . . Dear Madam, I am pleased to accept. . . Here it's because of the

Can someone tell me if Hello, Dave, Please review the attached... is the correct punctuation for the greeting?

First of all, I would suggest that in an informal e-mail it makes very little difference, and I wouldn't worry about it. If you want to be absolutely correct, I think that Hi, Diane , using a colon. I agree that two commas that close

Hello, I have a colleague who sends mail as Hi, Diane, I am questioning the use of the secondary comma. I have seen Hi, Diane. and Hi Diane, but not Hi, Diane, What is the correct way to punctuate a name in a Salutation? Thank you.

I'm sure your English teacher of 30 years ago would say that the comma had to be there, but I generally do not include the comma in an e-mail. I would probably inlcude it if I were writing dialogue in a book.

Hello, Please tell me which is correct... "Hi, John," or is it "Hi John," Is it a matter of preference or did I miss the memo? Thank you,

I agree with Wordy. Many, many years ago, a comma was needed in BrE. Nowadays, there is, indeed, a difference between British and American English. In AmE a comma is needed, but in BrE, a comma is no longer required. Other examples are is Mr,

And yet on this side of the Atlantic, we certainly put a comma after the greeting in an informal letter and a colon after the greeting in a business letter. Right... perhaps there are UK/US differences then. I don't recall ever seeing a