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Re: Punctuation

Subject: Re: Punctuation
From: Jean Hollis Weber <jean -at- jeanweber -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:35:58 +1000


Bonnie Granat wrote,

... what keeps us from discarding any other standard (assuming, as most of us do, that standards originate in the need for clarity)? How about I just stop using a colon after the salutation in a business letter?

The modern convention for business letters in Australia _is_ to have no colon or any other punctuation after the salutation in a business letter, though many people still use the old convention, which was a colon followed by a dash -- a ghastly combination, in my opinion.

Regards, Jean
Jean Hollis Weber
The Technical Editors' Eyrie http://www.jeanweber.com/



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