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From: figmo@lll-crg.ARpA (Lynn Gold)
Newsgroups: soc.women
Subject: Re: Wanted: Business-letter greeting
Message-ID: <6135@lll-crg.ARpA>
Date: Thu, 18-Sep-86 04:53:37 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 18 04:53:37 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 23-Sep-86 00:05:59 EDT
References: <157@zen.BERKELEY.EDU> <614@rosevax.UUCP>
Reply-To: figmo@lll-crg.UUCP (Lynn Gold)
Organization: The Kitchen of Panda Programming, Mtn. View, CA
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In article <614@rosevax.UUCP> carole@rosevax.UUCP (Carole Ashmore) writes:
>In article <157@zen.BERKELEY.EDU>, ranjit@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Ranjit Bhatnagar) writes:
>> I'm about to apply to graduate schools, so I'll be writing a lot of
>> letters to various admissions departments.  I would like to find non-
>> sexist alternatives to the usual greetings "Dear Sirs" and "Gentlemen"
>> which don't sound TOO forced.  Any suggestions are appreciated.
>

Avoid "To Whom It May Concern."  According to a study done a few years
ago, this particular greeting was considered offensive even by many
working women.  Unless you know the specific name and/or title, I'd
recommend being impersonal.

--Lynn

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