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Date Posted: 16:39:21 10/18/05 Tue GMT-5
Author: Lori
Author Host/IP: S0106000cf1ebde70.cg.shawcable.net / 68.145.250.67
Subject: Re: Nitpicky question re cover letters
In reply to: DianeG 's message, "Nitpicky question re cover letters" on 11:47:50 10/18/05 Tue GMT-5

I almost always use first name last name with no title, and I often get that sort of salutation, too. You often don't know if it's Mr. or Ms. or Dr. or Mrs. and I really think the whole idea of those stupid little titles is pretty antiquated, anyway. Whose business is it if I'm married or not?

I do use "sincerely", though. Isn't it saying the same thing as "yours truly"?

Cheers,

Lori

>On another board I participate in occasionally,
>someone wanted a cover letter sample (for a short
>story submission).
>
>There was more than one reply and one of the questions
>was about how to address the edtior in the salutation
>line.
>
>I said that if you didn't know, or couldn't tell from
>the edtior's name whether the edtior was male or
>female, you could use Dear (given name smith) Smith.
>That doesn't give the person a "title" and so,
>perhaps the editor's nose would be out of joint. I
>don't want to offend any editors, but really, wouldn't
>an editor rather see his or her given and last names
>spelled correctly, even if there was no Mr. or Ms?
>
>I'm also in favour of closing with "yours truly" and
>not something like sincerely.
>
>What think ye?

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Replies:

Re: Nitpicky question re cover letters -- Roger, 11:50:42 10/25/05 Tue GMT-5

Re: Nit-picky question. Thanks -- DianeG, 07:46:28 10/26/05 Wed GMT-5