You wouldn’t start off an e-mail with “My Dear X”, or “Dearest X”, since that would be too personal for a professional email, so “To X” being more impersonal seems like it would make the letter more professional-sounding, compared to “Dear X”.

  • Rhynoplaz
    21•9 months ago

    I don’t like Dear, in an email.

    I always start with Good morning or Good afternoon for work emails. Sounds more like a real conversation and not some poncy hand written letter from the civil war.

    • @[email protected]
      12•9 months ago

      I always start with any of these:

      • Hi, [line break before continuing]
      • Hello, [line break before continuing]
      • Hi [name of the recipient and then line break]
      • Hello [name of the recipient and then line break]

      I sometimes end up with something like “I hope you have a nice day”.

      • astraeus
        4•9 months ago

        At every single company I’ve worked for this has been the accepted form of opening an email. There are hardly any circumstances you should be using “Dear (insert name here),” in a work email.