Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
punctuation after a salutation
We are writing a letter and the salutation starts as this,
Dear Antonio Urbina, MD,
Do we put the comma after the MD or leave it off?
Dear Antonio Urbina, MD,
Do we put the comma after the MD or leave it off?
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AnonymousWe are writing a letter and the salutation starts as this,Dear Antonio Urbina, MD,I would not start in this way. We don't normally use post nominals when we address people, I would start Dear Dr Urbina, ... .
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You can put Antonio Urbina, MD, on the envelope, but don't put it in the salutaton.
Instead say
Dear Antonio, if he is your good friend
or
Dear Dr Urbina,
Instead say
Dear Antonio, if he is your good friend
or
Dear Dr Urbina,
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