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From: jsm@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu (Jon Meltzer)
Newsgroups: soc.women
Subject: Re: Wanted: Business-letter greeting
Message-ID: <172@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 19-Sep-86 21:36:10 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 19 21:36:10 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 29-Sep-86 00:06:18 EDT
References: <157@zen.BERKELEY.EDU> <633@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP>
Reply-To: jsm@vax1.UUCP (Jon Meltzer)
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In article <633@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> see1@sphinx.UUCP (Ellen Seebacher) writes:
>
>However:  in my other incarnation, as an administrative assistant (i.e.,
>glorified secretary), I write a lot of letters asking for information
>from unknown persons.  I almost always use "Dear Sir or Madam:", but
>when I get bored, I use "Dear Madam or Sir:".  Try it.  You'll like it.

Good point!
I know that I would not want to work for anyone that was offended by the
"reverse" :-) form.