2017年10月13日 · It is correct to use 'Dear friends' informally, but never formally. The very definition of formal is: done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion. As such a formal letter would conform to Dear Sir, Dear Madam, Dear Mr. Jones etc. Not Dear friends.

I think the word Dear is quite okay while addressing your close friends. I do that very often and it's not so awkward. As for Honey.. that would mean a little more than friends, or extremely close friends who wouldn't mind being addressed anything at all! In the end it all depends on your relationship with the friend to whom you are addressing.

I would like to begin the speach adressing family & friends... Should I say " Dear Family & Friends " or " Dear Friends & Family "?

In friend of mine, mine means my friends, so literally He is [one] friend of [all my friends]. or, more idiomatically, He is one of my friends. If I only have one friend and he is my only friend, we cannot then say "he is a friend of mine", because the "mine" doesn't mean a group of people.

Dear All, If, actually, the email is a mailshot to a number of individuals who don't know each other, then its an individual email. Dear Sir, or possibly. Dear Sir (or Madam), Here, I prefer to use the convention that Sir is neuter.

2015年7月25日 · Well-educated Indians use the words dear and dearest exactly in the same way as people in the UK or the USA do. However, it is not uncommon to see some Indians prefix the word dear to an instruction or a piece of advice. Also, some Indians say 'Hello dear', when they could easily say just hello or hello xyz.

2012年1月23日 · "Dear John," if you have a strong personal relationship. "Dear John Smith," if you are an acquaintance. "Dear Mr. Smith," if the person is in a senior position. "Dear Principal Smith," if the person is a senior administrator, in this example principal of your child's school. "Dear Claims Adjustor," if you do not know the name.

2012年5月21日 · She is a friend of Jane and Tom's. meaning that they both know her and are her friends. However, particularly when speaking, the final "s" happens to be overlooked. With reference to Jay's answer, the option She's a friend of Jane's and Tom's indicates that they are both friends to this girl/woman, but they do not necessarily know each other.

2015年9月18日 · For a letter to more than one person, the tenth edition (published in 2005) advises “Dear Friends (Colleagues, Members, or some other appropriate collective term).” So unless you’re being casual—or writing according to a tradition where lowercase is the norm—prefer capitalization for words like “Colleagues” and “Teachers” in ...

The phrase "Dear My Love" is found in this page made by keepcalm-o-matic in the UK. I would assume all English teachers say that possessive adjective always comes first, as in "my dear friend" and "my private idaho", and we never say "dear my friend". So the correct word order is possessive adjective, attributive adjective, and noun.