DH and I are moving to Switzerland shortly and he will have to speak a lot more English than at present. (He is German).
He asked today about writing a letter/email in a work situation.
We learnt in school
Dear Sir or Dear Madam = Yours faithfully
Dear Mr Smith = Yours sincerely
Is this still used? What about less formal usage, eg. emails or writing to a colleague when "hello" or "hi" is too informal.
And the plural of Dear Sir?
2nd Question
If writing a letter or email to a person not work related, but not a friend, what do you use to sign off? "Kind Regards" would still be too formal but obviously "love" a bit too informal
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Dear Sirs, Dear Madam, Yours faithfully, Kind Regards. Please advise me on the correct usage.
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MmeLindt · 16/08/2008 15:56
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