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organicAnt  ·  3519 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dear everybody; You are using the term Luddite wrong.

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.





pseydtonne  ·  3519 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.

organicAnt  ·  3519 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd hope that we're among friends around here : )