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  2. punctuation - How to Write an Address in a Single Line? - English...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/393785/how-to-write-an-address-in-a-single...

    3. A good rule of thumb is to consider the purpose of the address. If you're informing someone of where something is, spell the address out in full: "The university's campus, located at 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, is situated at the edge of Wascana Park." versus if you wanted to put the address for contact purposes:

  3. Which preposition: "Write on/at/to this address?"

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/112153

    So "Please write on this address" I would interpret to mean the inscriber has to write over a pre-typed address. "On" in this case indicates place. "On" in this case indicates place. The request sounds odd to me but from a grammatical point of view it is arguably correct.

  4. I am creating a business card, and I need to put the address of the company on it. What is the proper way to write this address? 555 14th St NW, Atlanta, GA 55555 ; 555 14th St NW., Atlanta, GA 55555; Or should "14th St" be spelled out or "NW" be "N.W." or should "St" be "St." or should I spell out "Street"?

  5. What is a "street address"? - English Language & Usage Stack...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/27236

    Sometimes, "street address" refers to your physical location at a finer level than city. E.g., "1313 Mockingbird Lane", without the city name attached. But yes, usually it's just a retronym to distinguish it from mailing address (originally) and now e-mail address, web address, IP address, and so forth. Share.

  6. 36. Dear Sir or Madam (some write it Dear Sir/Madam) would be an appropriate salutation when you are writing to an institution and you don't have a name. It is in common use, at least in the UK and the EU, and is considered polite and professional.

  7. My Address as in my ID would be translated a so, first: Street number Second: My street name third: the neighborhood I live in fourth: mentioning the neighborhood either (eastern or western) So my address would be 20 Ahmed Hamdy St. Eastern Ain Shams, Cairo Is this eligible? or should I write it No 20 Ahmed Hamdy St. Eastern of Ain Shams ...

  8. How should I address someone with a known name and unknown...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/2353

    When communicating with foreign cultures, the gender of the addressed person is not always clear from the name. What would be a professional way to address someone in this situation. (Dear Mr or Ms SomeForeignName looks awkward). A hack I generally use is to do a google image search for the name, but this isn't always accurate in all cultures.

  9. What does c/o stand for in a postal address? [closed]

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/122043

    This is often used (or used to be) in a format such as " Joe Black Co. Ltd. " meaning " Joe Black Company Limited ". The most common abbreviation in the UK for " care of " is " c/o ", so we would have written. Joe Black c/o John Doe. In fact, I note that the Wiktionary link given by @NateEldredge gives " c/o " as the first abbreviation listed ...

  10. I'm writing a letter to several recipients in the same document and want to address them correctly at the start. Is the following correct (I suspect not) and if not, what should it be: Dear Mr's

  11. use English or local language for the address when writing a...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/198853

    When writing to friends overseas from the US, I write the address on the envelope in English using Roman letters even if the country I'm sending it to uses, e.g., the Cyrillic or Greek alphabet. In the US (and Britain) one puts the recipient's name on the first line, the house + street name (or PO Box xxxx) on the second, and the city, state ...