Business Letters for Busy People

APPENDIX

Each example lists the following information in the format shown:

Addressee

Form of Address

Salutation

The eight broad categories of address are:

• Professional Ranks and Titles

• Federal, State and Local Government Officials

• Military Ranks

• Military Abbreviations

• Diplomats

• British Nobility

• Clerical and Religious Orders

• College and University Officials

Professional Ranks and Titles

Attorney

Mr. R. Allan Whiteman, Attorney-at-Law

or R. Allan Whiteman, Esq.

Dear Mr. Whiteman

or Dear R. Allan Whiteman, Esq.

Dentist

Jacqueline Lyster, D.D.S. (Office Address) or

Dr. Jacqueline Lyster (Home Address)

Dear Dr. Lyster

Physician

Terry Thomlinson, M.D. (Office Address) or

Dr. Terry Thomlinson (Home Address)

Dear Dr. Thomlinson

Veterinarian ...