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Hello, is it OK to use "Dear all" in a formal email, when I am trying ... Dear Technical Support Staff members, or whatever is appropriate. 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 EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. DEARALL Threadstarter marcinnek Startdate Sep18,2017 M marcinnek SeniorMember czech Hello, isitOKtouse"Dearall"inaformalemail,whenIamtryingtoexpressmyinterestincooperationwithpeopleIdon´tknowyet?Imean,Iamwritingaletter/emailtoanorganizationandIwanttotellthemIaminterestedincooperationwithanybodywhomightbeinterestedinitaswell.Idon´tknowanybodyinthisorganization,soIwantittobe"neutral".OrisitbettertouseDearSirsorMadams? Della   TheNewt SeniorMember USA/EEUU English-US "DearAll"istoofamiliarforstrangers.Iwouldtrytousesomethingspecific:DearTechnicalSupportStaffmembers,orwhateverisappropriate.   M marcinnek SeniorMember czech TheNewtsaid: "DearAll"istoofamiliarforstrangers.Iwouldtrytousesomethingspecific:DearTechnicalSupportStaffmembers,orwhateverisappropriate. Clicktoexpand... OK,butwhatifIwanttoaddressEVERYBODYintheorganization?CanIuseforexampleDEARSIRSORMADAMS?   TheNewt SeniorMember USA/EEUU English-US marcinneksaid: OK,butwhatifIwanttoaddressEVERYBODYintheorganization?CanIuseforexampleDEARSIRSORMADAMS? Clicktoexpand... Iwouldn't,becauseitdoesn'tsoundnaturaltous."DearCompanyXXstaffmember,"orsomethinglikethatwouldbebetter.   Packard SeniorMember USA,English Idon'tknowifitsoundsfamiliar,butitdoessoundabitoddtome. DearSirs,ThiswasthesalutationIwastaughtwhenaddressingmenormenandwomen. DearSirs&Madams,Thiswasasalutationthatpanderedtothepoliticallycorrectgroup. ToWhomitMayConcern.Thisisanothergeneralsalutationthatisbestlefttodieanunceremoniousdeath. Alloftheabovesoundveryoldfashionedanddatedtome. TothestaffofWordreference.Thiswouldword,butitwouldincludetheentirestaffandmightthereforebereadbynoone. Startoutinsteadwithaquestioninsteadofasalutation.Somethinglikethis: Iscommunicatingeffectivelywithyourcustomersyourresponsibility?Iwanttoworkwithyouonthat. Isreducingyourcostofinsuranceyourresponsibility?Icanhelp.   sdgraham SeniorMember Oregon,USA USAEnglish Ifyoudouseit--oranythingelse,don'tmakeallupper-caselettersasyoudidinthethreadtitleandisconsideredrude.   E Edinburgher SeniorMember Scotland German/Englishbilingual Itisgenerallyimpossible,asanoutsider,toaddresseveryoneinacompany(orinadepartment),becauseyouwillnothavealltheiremailaddresses.Allyoucandoisfindapointofcontactwithinthecompany,andaddressyouremailtothatoneperson.Then,thebestyoucandoisaskthatpersontobringacertainpieceoftext(orwhatever)totheattentionofeveryonethere.Thatpieceoftextreallydoesnotneedtocontainanysalutationatall.Youronlysalutationistoyourcontactperson. "DearAll"isgenerallyrestrictedtosituationswhenyouareaddressingabunchofpeopleallofwhomyouknow.Forexample,itmightbemembersofacommittee. It'sasalutationthathasbecomeverypopularasemailhasbecomepopular,butIdon'tlikeitverymuchatall.Whateverhappenedto"Dearcolleagues"?Ithasalow-registerringtoit,asin"Hey,listenup,allofyou". Ihaveonlyveryrecently(withinthelastweekortwo)comeacrosstheequivalentsalutationinGerman(Iwon'trepeatitherebecauseit'sagainsttherules,butit'sjustaliteralwordforwordtranslationof"DearAll"),andmyinitialreactionwasoneofhorror.Ifounditevenmorecringe-worthythantheEnglishversion.   M marcinnek SeniorMember czech OK,thankyouallforyourreactions.So,tosumitup,IthinkthatthebestoptionwouldbeDEARSIRORMADAM(ofcoursenotincapitals),asthemailgoesprobablytoONEpersonwhoisresponsibleforforwardingtheinformationtootherpeople,andIamnotsurewhetheritisamanorawoman.IsitOK?   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top