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

[Anne Wilson]

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On 08/11/2012 09:15, Donald Stewart wrote:
> On 8 November 2012 00:45, Johnny A. Solbu <cooker at solbu.net 
> <mailto: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.

Except that it should be singular, as you mention, not plural as the
original.

> This is an official letter, and therefore should have the official
> address to the recipient.
> 
> 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.
> 
Agreed.


Anne

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