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Bookmark or Share- salutations - Title in a letter to an unknown person - English Language ...Many times when writing a letter asking to a department of my university, I'm hesitating for the appropriate title. Say I want to email "Student Insurance Office" to ask about insurance coverage. ...
- grammar - Is "group" singular or plural? - English Language & Usage ...Possible Duplicate: Is a company always plural, or are small companies singular? When I'm referring to a group of multiple things, should it be considered singular or plural for the purposes of
- A word that represents a group of people working to achieve a common ...league: An association of states, organizations, or individuals for common action; an alliance. coterie: a small exclusive group of friends or people with common interests; clique. association: a group of people who have joined together because they have similar interests or aims
- How do you greet multiple recipients in an e-mail?And lastly, if an email is really to a single individual, but with a few more individuals copied in (such as a question to an individual developer, but where I want the email trail to be visible to the group), then I would use. Dear Bob (Alice, Charlie, Dilbert) The last one is not a convention I have seen elsewhere, but I find it works for me.
- grammatical number - Is "audience" singular or plural? - English ...Americans tend to treat collective nouns as single units, so it’s more common to use the singular verb unless you’re definitely talking about individuals (3). So in America you would be more likely to hear “The faculty is meeting today” than “The faculty are meeting today.”
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