If you know the recipient of the business letter, use the first name of the person, including a formal greeting. An example is "Dear Thomas," where the word "Dear" is the formal greeting.

Scrutiny of letters, emails and texts yields some observances and pet peeves about greetings and closings of writings. News Sports Entertainment Business Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals ...

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I have been reading articles recently about greetings to veterans. The articles said that veterans are quietly snubbing the “thank you for your service” acknowledgments from people who wish to ...