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

[Wolfgang Bornath]

2012/11/8 Trish Fraser <trish at thefrasers.org>:
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>
>> Hi Donald and Johnny,
>>
>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:15:09 +0000
>> Donald Stewart <watersnowrock at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > 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
>>
>
> If we're being formal and correct, it should be "Dear Sirs/Mesdames", I'm fairly sure.

Really? Having a mix of English and French?

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wobo