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Is it correct to say "Dear everyone" or "dear all" if you're writing a letter to a group of people? Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Spanish-English/Español-Inglés Spanish-EnglishGrammar/GramáticaEspañol-Inglés Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. deareveryone Threadstarter Teresa68 Startdate Mar27,2009 Teresa68 SeniorMember Barcelona Spanish(Spain)&Galician Isitcorrecttosay"Deareveryone"or"dearall"ifyou'rewritingalettertoagroupofpeople?   S St.Nick SeniorMember English "Dearall,"thoughgrammaticallyokay,soundskindofcornyandinsinceretome.Ifthegroupiscomposedofpeoplewhoareclosetoyou,"Deareveryone"soundsnice.Ifthepeoplearenotfamilyorfriends,itmightbebettertoaddressthegroupwithreferencetotheirorganization,e.g."DearmembersoftheEnglishDepartment,""Dearteammembers,""DearAppleInc.co-workers,"etc.   Teresa68 SeniorMember Barcelona Spanish(Spain)&Galician Thankyou.Veryclearexplanation!   P Prince23 NewMember BinisayaandEnglish Fortheprofessionalorganization,Ireallydisagreeofusing“DearAll,orDearEveryone”asitisveryinformalandnotacceptableinthebusinessworld. Givingaspeechinthestagesaying“eachandeveryone”or“everybody”soundsformalandmoreacceptablebutletterwritingorbusinessletterwritingisdifferent. Bysaying“DealAll,orDearEveryone”itsoundlikeyouaredeclaringyourselfasthehighest“being“amongother“beings”thatexist. Bysaying“DealAll,orDearEveryone”itsoundlikeyouarepointingtocriminalsorpointingtocatsanddogsoflesservaluethanwhoyouare. Usingtheproperdictionandrighttermwillvarydependingontheevents,locationorsituation.Using“all”and“everyone”whichisformalandsoundsgoodindeliveringaspeechisdifferentfromwritingletters. Imaysuggestifyouarenotsosurewhoaretherecipientsandreaderstousethefollowing; DearSirs, DearSirsandMesdames, DearSir&Madam, DearColleagues, DearTeammembers Ormakeitmoreclosertothereaderbymentioningtheirpositions readandlikethisDearallorDearEveryonePageorfollowthislinkbit.ly/vfUD68 ......   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Spanish-English/Español-Inglés Spanish-EnglishGrammar/GramáticaEspañol-Inglés Top