[Mageia-dev] Draft of a Letter to the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).

Shlomi Fish shlomif at shlomifish.org
Thu Nov 8 11:03:36 CET 2012


Hi Donald and Johnny,

On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:15:09 +0000
Donald Stewart <watersnowrock at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8 November 2012 00:45, Johnny A. Solbu <cooker at solbu.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Tuesday 06 November 2012 23:39, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > > Dear sirs or madams,
> >
> > To me, this sounds a little to generic, a little to unformal when
> > contacting a law firm.
> > I feel that if you're using «Dear XXX» there should be one or the other.
> > I.e. Either Sir og Madam, but then you need to know the gender of the one
> > responding. and that can be a little tricky. ;-)=
> >
> 
> No, this is wrong, you *cannot* use just one, it has to be both. You could
> have Dear Sir/Madam,  but the correct usage is as originally stated. This
> is an official letter, and therefore should have the official address to
> the recipient.

Right.

> > Consider using a more generinc term, like «Greetings» or «Good morgning»
> > (depending on the time of day you send the email.) or a similar term.
> >
> 
> This is far too colloquial, and unsuitable for a letter to an official body.
> 

I also agree.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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