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pseydtonne · 3521 days ago · link · · parent · post: Dear everybody; You are using the term Luddite wrong.
I find the use of the semicolon in the appositive introduction even more annoying. Here is a fix: Dear everybody : You are using the term Luddite incorrectly .
organicAnt · 3521 days ago · link ·
In that instance I'd use an em dash followed by lower-case. Dear everybody — you are using the term Luddite incorrectly. Or a simple comma would suffice.
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pseydtonne · 3521 days ago · link ·
The comma and the colon serve different purposes in the introduction of a letter. The comma is only for correspondence with friends, while colons are for business correspondence. if you write "Dear John:", it's an introduction to a divorce.
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organicAnt · 3521 days ago · link ·
I'd hope that we're among friends around here : )