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- From: MPT@cup.portal.com (Michal P Todorovic)
- Newsgroups: alt.personals,soc.singles
- Subject: Re: SF ISO S*M
- Message-ID: <72244@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 21:11:22 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <168C1D299.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu>
- <3+p2cfn@rpi.edu><DANIEL.92Dec21151920@algol.clsi.COM><1992Dec22.022457.12
- 187@tc.cornell.edu> <DANIEL.92Dec22113656@algol.clsi.COM>
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- >ash@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (N.W.Ashcroft) writes:
- >>
- >> In article <DANIEL.92Dec21151920@algol.clsi.COM> daniel@clsi.COM (Daniel S.
- B
- >arclay) writes:
- >> >petitc@vccnw04.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes
- >>
- >> >> Now on sale, in Aisle 5 of the Divine Supermarket---Lives, and Clues. Bu
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- >> >> yours now and avoid the rush! They make great Christmas gifts!
- >>
- >> >Dear Sirs:
- >> ^^^^^
- >> Uh oh...
- >>
- >> > ...
- >>
- >> Sounds like you're one clue short to begin with...
- >>
- >> RNA
- >Well, I knew that, but I didn't think it was was this one.
- >
- >So how _does_ one start a business letter to an anonymous corporate entity (an
- >order-taking department) or an unspecified representative of it? (I.e., _any_
- >order clerk, as opposed to a specific manager whose gender is unknown to the
- >writer.)
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- I know of three ways to greet an anonymous corporate entity:
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- - To Whom it May Concern,
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- which really sucks.
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- - Dear Sir/Madam,
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- which doesn't sound very good.
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- - Greetings,
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- which is my new personal favorite.
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- Michal
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