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What is formal language?

Can you give an example sentence using formal language.

Salutations

What should your salutation be in the following situations? 

If you do not know who is going to open your letter:

The recipient is a man, but you don’t have his name:

However, sometimes you do know the name of the recipient. In that case, you should use the name, but only the last name. Using someone’s first name is very informal.  

However, sometimes you do know the name of the recipient. In that case, you should use the name, but only the last name. Using someone’s first name is very informal.  

It is a married woman, named Carla Stenson:

It is a woman, she is not married or you just don’t know, named Lara Johnson:

Yours faithfully

Yours sincerely

If you started with Dear Sir/Madam / Dear Sir / Dear Madam,

If you started with Dear Mr Jones / Dear Ms Jones / Dear Mrs Jones,