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@lemmy.world
    20·
    1 year 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.

    • lud@lemm.ee
      11·
      1 year 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”.