Discover the best opening lines to start an email and make a great first impression. Improve your email communication with these effective and engaging introductions.
You can use "Hello" instead of "Hi" to make your email greeting a little more formal. This salutation stands somewhere in between the cheerful "Hi" and official "Dear." Dear [Name], This greeting is a more formal way to start a professional email. "Dear" is appropriate for an initial...
How to Start an Email with Titles and Honorifics Some industries are more formal than others. Typically, addressing people who work in medicine, law and higher education requires the use of titles to show respect. In these cases, you'll almost always choose the more formal "Dear" as well....
We’re writing emails quite often. They’ve replaced regular mail, but when trying to start it, we spend several minutes thinking about the first words. This article will consider how to start an email with an appropriate greeting. An email greeting is crucial in establishing the tone and pr...
How to write proper openings and closings for your IELTS letter-writing assignment. There are three types of letters on the IELTS -- formal, semi-formal, and informal. In this lesson I explain how to begin and end each type. Ill be uploading more IELTS l
It's best to avoid the phrases, "To whom it may concern" or "Dear Sir/Madam" in formal writing. Both are outdated and may be perceived as you not trying hard enough to find the contact's name. Your message could also be viewed as a cold email, and if that's not your aim, choo...
You’ve learned how to write a formal email, but there is a couple of hacks that will make you feel more comfortable while sending emails, save you time and sometimes even reputation. 1. Undo sending Have you ever realized a terrible mistake you’ve made after hitting “Send”? You still...
How to Send a Letter In the age of email, there’s something formal and exciting about receiving a piece of physical mail. Using the postal system to mail something can be a personalized way to send something to a friend, to market to potential new customers, or to send something ...
5. How to send a business proposal email A business proposal is more than a request for a partnership but a formal document detailing the terms and conditions of your relationship. When deciding how to start a business proposal email, understand that multiple people will see this email, so be...
There are more ways to end a professional email than to start it. Some of the popular sign-offs you won’t see outside of the world of correspondence. “Yours sincerely” (UK) and “Sincerely yours” (US) would be an example of conventional—if somewhat formal—closings. You can be cr...