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

["Hickling, Lisa (TOR)" <lhickling -at- Express-Scripts -dot- com>]

Sorry I wasn't specific enough. I meant to ask the question within the
context of composing a letter (as a segue from the comma/colon thread),
for example:

Hello, Fred [salutation]
How are Wilma, Dino, and little Pebbles? [body]

Does the direct address rule apply here? Lauren's point about treating
the "Hi", "Hello" the same as "Dear" summarizes my argument. However,
I'm not clear on whether there is a case for "Dear, Fred" out there.
What do you think?

Thanks, 

Lisa H.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pinkham, Jim

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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