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Which form of address in motivation letter? [duplicate]
I am writing a motivation letter for a university in London, and I wanted to know which form of address is common?
Dear Sir or Madam
To whom it may concern
Thanks in advance.
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Etiquette of using the wrong sign-off in a formal letter? [closed]
I just sent a formal business correspondence to a company via email. The letter starts with "To Whom It May Concern", but I rather clumsily used the wrong sign-off (Yours sincerely). How much of a ...
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Letter opening with name only--what does it convey?
I sometimes get emails (e.g. from professional contacts or people I don't know well) which simply start with
FirstName,
[ ... letter body ... ]
They don't use "Dear FirstName," or "Hello ...
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What was the original purpose and origin of complimentary closes? [closed]
Emails and letters commonly end with a closing phrase such as
Yours faithfully,
Jonny McJoe
...but I never understood the reason why such a thing would come up in the first place.
Maybe it's ...
