english hwk, please help me?

Question

if you were a "well respected and succesful advertising company" and were writing to a client (you only get given the company's name) how would you start?

e.g. "dear sir/madam" or "to whom it may concern" or a different one

its a random company name that has just been made up and we have been told that we are to write to the company.

the letter we were shown in class signed off with the company name, so we have to write as if we only know the company name.

it is the first time the company has written to 'the ad company' and so they have only just become a client

Answer 1

Dear sir or madam

Answer 2

If it is a "well respected and successful advertising company" it will most likely have a Customer Services Department with a number of staff dealing with mail.

The sex of the recipient will be unknown to you therefore, begin with:

Dear Sir/Madam

You have no idea if it is Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms or a monkey you are writing to.

'To whom it may concern' is generally used in public notices e.g. A solicitor seeking the relatives of a deceased person who has left a considerable estate. (He would place an advert in the national press.)

You may address me as 'Hi CurlyQ gimme some skin man.'

Answer 3

Is this a serious question about business correspondence? If you were writing to an existing client, you would already know his/her name, and use it of course; if you were writing speculatively to a company in the hope of your services being bought, you would do enough research to know the name of the appropriate person, such as the CEO, Director of Marketing & Sales, etc, and again would use his or her name, as in "Dear Mr X". Someone who wrote using your suggestions would, I regret to say, not be likely to be working for a respected and successful company. I hope this is relevant to your question. Good luck with the homework.

Answer 4

If you have their name you write "Dear Mr(/Mrs/Miss/Ms) xxxxxx" and finish "yours sincerely". If you don't have their name you should definitely use "Dear Sir/Madam", with which you finish "yours faithfully". I hope I've got the faithfully and sincerely the right way around! Check other peoples answers just to make sure!

To whom it may concern is more normally used to covney information rather than used in a letter. So it might be used if you get a note from your parents saying you have back ache and are to be excused from PE, or it might be used on a sign somewhere.

Answer 5

I would start Dear respected client( its sounds like you actually care for your customers), I have the pleasure to announce you that your request have been approved( or somthing like that). At the end you sign your name saying " sincerly yours- your name-your company and your status such as financial advisor, manager or accountant"

Answer 6

I'd write Dear Sirs. Don't forget to sign off with Yours faithfully. U only put Yours sincerely if u know the name of the person u are writing to.
God so glad I don't have homework anymore, it's so difficult.
xxx

Answer 7

Dear sir\madam,
I am writing with regard to your letter....

Answer 8

Dear Sir or Madam:

The problem with "To whom it may concern" is that maybe no one is or would take that responsibility. (to be concerned)

Chow!!

Answer 9

If it IS "successful," go online and get the names of the marketing director, customer service, president, or whomever you need. Using a real name is much more effective than a "whomever"

Answer 10

dear sir/madam it sounds better and less checky