Timeline for Word choice for salutation in a formal email to your PhD adviser, Is *Dear Boss* appropriate?
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| Apr 14, 2016 at 4:37 | comment | added | Vivek Shende | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_X | |
| Apr 13, 2016 at 14:17 | comment | added | Roger Fan | @hoyland If they have a doctorate then obviously you should use "Dr." (something that is true for both women and men). But I was making a more general statement; for someone without a doctorate "Ms." is generally the best option. | |
| Apr 13, 2016 at 13:23 | comment | added | hoyland | Avoid "Ms X". People have a tendency to write "Ms X" for a woman when they'd write "Dr X" for a man. | |
| Apr 13, 2016 at 10:51 | comment | added | quid | 'their official position is probably some variant of "Professor." ' No, in France there is a separate system for pure researchers. | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 18:21 | comment | added | anon | As a side note to the "weirdly removed" part -- if you have a close relationship with your boss, and you actually call him "boss" in conversation, then salutations like "Dear Boss," would be fine for something informal like a get-well card, a quick status update, or invitation to a barbecue. In a formal context, probably not so much. | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 15:39 | comment | added | user9482 | Note that there is a difference between Europe and the US regarding who can be called "Professor": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor#Description | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 13:46 | history | edited | Roger Fan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 12, 2016 at 13:41 | history | answered | Roger Fan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |