Writing to acquaintances

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you perhaps

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met a few times you know the person you

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know you maybe know their name where

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they come from a little bit of

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background information about this person

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but they're not one of your besties

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they're not your best friend by any

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means no if I was writing to an

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acquaintance this person that I've met

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before I'm on first-name terms with them

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I would open my letter or I would open

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my email with the person's first name

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dear Jonathan dear Danielle dear

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Margaret

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for example I'm signing off my letter to

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show that familiarity with that person I

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was finished with best wishes or with

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kind regards and the woof here is

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optional and that it shows a little bit

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of friendliness and a little bit of

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recognition of the relationship that you

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have established with this person

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already and the final one that I'm going

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to look at today a good friend or family

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member if you're writing to your aunt in

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Australia or you're writing to your

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grandmother

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in Japan how should you open the letter

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well dear sir/madam of course is not

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going to be appropriate something much

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more friendly any formal dear Danielle

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or