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Subject: Comma in salutation after direct address gen. Hi, everyone. Been racking my brain over:Hi, John, Letter body AND Hi John, Letter body Which one is correct? Thanks. |
| both are correct if you replace the comma at the end of the first line with an exclamation mark! :) |
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Aiduza No. Exclamation mark isn't usually used there in an English letter. |
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link 23.01.2013 8:34 |
| Comma is needed, although it's become common practice to omit it. |
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x-z, come on! "John," - correct. |
| "Good morning, John!" is correct as well. |
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"John!" - incorrect. "Dear John!" - incorrect. SIMPLES! :) |
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link 23.01.2013 8:49 |
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Depends on how you define "correct". I believe it should go like "complying with the established rules". Rules, not practice. Rules are written somewhere. "Hello John!" is not correct, it's just "OK" in informal letters. Same as when you chat and do not use capital letters at the end of the sentence. |
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Aiduza No exclamation if formal correspondence, though. I don't disagree it can be used in informal letters. |
| еще бывает ":" |
| Двоеточие характерно для американского английского. |
| Yep. I've seen "Hello John:". Looks weird. |
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Двоеточие используется в американской официальной корреспонденции. Например, Dear Sir: Если интересно, можно прочесть "Казнить нельзя помиловать. Бескомпромиссный подход к пунктуации" автор Линн Трасс. Книга есть в сети, там написано как правильно расставить запятые или другие знаки препинания. |
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Pink Спасибки! |
| "Hello" is already informal, nuff said. |
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Pink Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. Prefer reading in the author's language. |
| Check e-mails from your European colleagues in your mailbox. |
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No comas or other punctiation marks here - in my e-mails or snailmail letters - they have disappeared together with other extra dots Hi Rengo eg ie St (Street) - no dots |
| No comas indeed! :) |
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