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I have always wondered about this, and no one in school ever taught me.

I want to write a email to Kelly Thompson. She is senior to me, and I want to write respectfully. Do I say...

Ms. Thompson,

Kelly Thompson,

Dear Kelly Thompson,

Dear Ms. Kelly Thompson,

YOu get the idea. What is the proper way to do this.

I feel like I am in third grade now. Oh well, it had to be done....


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How is she senior to you? (age, professional rank?) do you know here personnally?

For me it would depend upon the purpose of the letter/e-mail, your relationship.... so many variables.

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

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I don't know her at all, I just needed to write her an email to let her know I will be doing something for her. I have had to do this on several occasions and will be in the future with other people.

You don't know someone, but you know their name and title. At least their last name. You need to communicate to them in a proffesional way.

Dear Mr. or Ms. or Mrs. So and so seems to work the best then?

How do you know if it is Ms or Mrs if you have no idea who they really are agewise or marriagewise?


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Hi,
In some case, because their name is in the TO field of the e-mail it may be acceptable to ignore salutations altogether. E-mails can be more casual than a traditional letter.... a simple , Hello could suffice.

I also agree Mrs .vs. Ms .vs. Miss can be a minefield, which is why I would tend to avoid their use if I can. Likewise I avoid the pretentious Sir, Madam,Dr. Prof, Rev etc.. as well.

Kindest Regards,

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

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I also agree Mrs .vs. Ms .vs. Miss can be a minefield, which is why I would tend to avoid their use if I can. Likewise I avoid the pretentious Sir, Madam,Dr. Prof, Rev etc.. as well.



interesting. i thought Ms. was supposed to be safe, if you don't know if she's a miss or a Mrs.
Also, I think the "Dear" sounds weird, whether you know them or not. I usually just go with

"Ms. Thompson, "

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Hi,
In some case, because their name is in the TO field of the e-mail it may be acceptable to ignore salutations altogether. E-mails can be more casual than a traditional letter.... a simple , Hello could suffice.

I also agree Mrs .vs. Ms .vs. Miss can be a minefield, which is why I would tend to avoid their use if I can. Likewise I avoid the pretentious Sir, Madam,Dr. Prof, Rev etc.. as well.

Kindest Regards,



Excellent, this works well!


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