• RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    28 days ago

    This got a sensible chuckle out of me but I haven’t seen anyone use ‘Dear…’ in a professional setting. It should lead with the names of the main addressees and maybe a pleasantry.

    ‘Morning, Jim and Bob,

    Did you get that thing I sent ya?’

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      27 days ago

      Yeah I’ve been a corpo for over a decade and can’t recall any dear fishy emails except when dealing with overseas production in China and Vietnam.

    • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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      27 days ago

      For a printed business letter, put their contact info in the top right, and address them with their title and surname, followed by a colon. For example,

      Professor Thorne:

      President Kennedy:

      Father Milligan:

      Ms Helgastottir: