RE: Salutation Question: Hi Fred, or Hi, Fred ?

["Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>]

I tend to treat the greeting of "Hi" the same as I treat the greeting
"Dear."  There is not a comma in a "Dear Sirs" greeting, so I do not put a
comma in the "Hi Friend" greeting for addressing email.  Also, I have never
really given much thought to email "rules."  The rules I use in formal
correspondence in email are generally the same as what I use in a printed
letter.  I do relax some rules in formal email messages (I use a comma
rather than a colon and "Hi" rather than "Dear") and I rarely follow any
strict rules in informal messages.  My informal writing tends to follow
preference, rather than rules.  My preferences tend to follow how I think
the message will be received, rather than how I think it should be sent.  As
I stated previously, I think that "Hi, Friend, my message follows" is more
dramatic than "Hi Friend, ..." because of how it sounds in my head.  That's
a preference and not a rule.

Lauren

> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com 
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> ] On Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 11:16 AM
> To: Techwr-l
> Subject: FW: Salutation Question: Hi Fred, or Hi, Fred ?
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pinkham, Jim 
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 1:15 PM
> To: 'Hickling, Lisa (TOR)'
> Subject: RE: Salutation Question: Hi Fred, or Hi, Fred ?
> 
> Well, friends, I've always done the "Hi, Lauren..." thing, 
> some artifact
> of long-ago grammar education. And, yes, it is correct. Turns out it's
> the rule of direct address. See
> http://www.grammarerrors.com/punctuation.html.
> 
> Until next time,
> Jim 
> 

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