how do i head a " to whom it may concern' letter

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grammatim

One AutoType that tried to insert itself recently (it must have been
in Word!) wanted to make it To Whom It May Concern, which isn't right,
but since that wasn't what I was trying to write, it didn't bother me.

How about "To whom it may concern"?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"




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Suzanne S. Barnhill

What isn't right about it?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

One AutoType that tried to insert itself recently (it must have been
in Word!) wanted to make it To Whom It May Concern, which isn't right,
but since that wasn't what I was trying to write, it didn't bother me.

How about "To whom it may concern"?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"




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grammatim

The obsessive capitalization.

What isn't right about it?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA


One AutoType that tried to insert itself recently (it must have been
in Word!) wanted to make it To Whom It May Concern, which isn't right,
but since that wasn't what I was trying to write, it didn't bother me.

How about "To whom it may concern"?

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

I don't see this as any more obsessive (or excessive) than "Dear Sir or
Madam."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

The obsessive capitalization.

What isn't right about it?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA


One AutoType that tried to insert itself recently (it must have been
in Word!) wanted to make it To Whom It May Concern, which isn't right,
but since that wasn't what I was trying to write, it didn't bother me.

How about "To whom it may concern"?

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
 
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grammatim

"Sir" and "Madam" are single nouns that designate the specific
individual reading the letter. "Whom it may concern" is a clause
designating any number of readers, so uncapitalized on two grounds.

I don't see this as any more obsessive (or excessive) than "Dear Sir or
Madam."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA


The obsessive capitalization.

What isn't right about it?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"grammatim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
One AutoType that tried to insert itself recently (it must have been
in Word!) wanted to make it To Whom It May Concern, which isn't right,
but since that wasn't what I was trying to write, it didn't bother me.
How about "To whom it may concern"?
--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

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