English Letter Question

[mir@]

Hi

I want to send an email to my instructor and ask him a question but I don't know how to begin the letter.

The main problem is about greetings. What should I say??

Would you place some letter templates here?
I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards

[Reza1969]

Hi

I want to send an email to my instructor and ask him a question but I don't know how to begin the letter.

The main problem is about greetings. What should I say??

Would you place some letter templates here?
I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards


Hi Amir

It all depends on his title.And also you didn't say if you have any problems with the other parts of your letter. Anyway, you can start your letter with the following expressions:

Dear Mr/Mrs./Ms ..... ,
or
Dear Dr. ...... ,
or
Dear Professor ......,

[mir@]

Hi Amir

It all depends on his title.And also you didn't say if you have any problems with the other parts of your letter. Anyway, you can start your letter with the following expressions:

Dear Mr/Mrs./Ms ..... ,
or
Dear Dr. ...... ,
or
Dear Professor ......,

Dear Reza,
Hi,
Thank you for your response. But what should I write after "Dear Dr. ..."? This is my problem. For example, instead of "how are you" or ... what should I write in formal letters? (Not completely formal, with intimacy which exists between a student and an instructor).
Best Regards

[love-to-learn]

Hi dear Amir,

It depends on what you are going to say in your letter. I mean is this letter just for greeting or are you going to say something special?
Normaly in formal letters - as you already know- we do not say "how are you" or such things, instead you go straight to the main part of your letter and the first sentence should briefly explain what is the purpose of your letter.
This is the usual frame of a formal letter, however, it can be changed as the writter wishes. It depends how close you are to the addressee.

I hope this helps.

Good luck

[mir@]

Hi,
Thank you for your worthwhile attention. As I said before, I want to write some kind of salutation and then ask my question.
I don't want to write a "Finglish(!)" letter and like other persian letters, I don't want to go straight to the main point.
One example is "hope you are doing well". What are other sentences like this?
Best Regards

[love-to-learn]

Good afternoon,

I do know you are not going to write a "Finglish" letter, otherwise you wouldn't have posted this new topic.

As I said, in Formal letters, they usually don't write grteetings, just a salutation like: Dear sir/madam, etc. will do. This is the standard for formal letters.
FYI (however I'm sure you well know) we write a formal letter to Managers, Headmasters or somebody who is so high in rank. You see.
As you have already noted, in Persian formal letters we don't say greetings either as this is the standard frame.

Now, if you feel this intimate to greet your addressee, then your letter would be more "neutral" than formal I can say.

Have a nice day