Example: January 22, 2023. 3. Greetings/Salutation: Start the letter with a warm salutation. Common options include "Dear friend ... this letter finds you in the best of health and spirits.

I'm just sending an email to a friend. Sarah: Informal letters and emails are the ones that we'd write to people that we knew well. For example ... to do is think of a greeting.

I agree, in part, with Deborah Fosblom’s Wednesday letter ... offers a greeting. Early in my career, as we were being bombarded by political correctness, my wife and I had a Jewish friend.