Timeline for Can I address someone in an email with their first name if they sign with their first name?
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| Aug 18, 2019 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1163103391314108418 | ||
| Jul 30, 2019 at 14:40 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 30, 2019 at 14:21 | comment | added | choster | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is a question about etiquette and protocol, with no single right answer, rather than about the English language itself. | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 13:35 | answer | added | Nicolas Schmidt | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 16:26 | comment | added | VH-NZZ | I'd address them again again with his last name but sign my own email with my first name only. See if he next addresses you with your own first name. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 14:13 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 25, 2014 at 14:10 | answer | added | DougM | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 14:06 | comment | added | 568ml | I agree more-or-less with Mr Carter. If somebody signs their e-mails <Firstname> <Lastname>, I'll address them as Mr/Ms <Lastname>. If they sign <Firstname>, then I address them as <Firstname>. At least in the case of England, I don't think there are any fixed rules about this — each person develops their own register. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 13:55 | comment | added | user3065 | Yes, you can address a person the way they sign their letters (including email). In fact, people usually sign their emails the way they prefer to be addressed. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 13:54 | history | asked | user70023 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |