What Are Greetings?

Greetings are words or actions used to acknowledge and welcome someone when you meet them or communicate with them. They are a way of showing politeness and respect towards the other person.

Formal or Informal?

We use formal greetings in serious situations or when we don't know people. We use informal greetings in friendly situations where we already know people. Let's take a look at some examples:

Greetings

Formal or informal?

Hi

Informal

Morning, guys!

Informal

Good afternoon/morning

Neutral

How are you ?

Informal

What's up?

Informal

Pleased to see you.

Formal

How's everything?

Informal

Howdy?

Informal

Greetings in Letters/Emails

When we write letters and emails, we usually use formal greetings. Take a look at these examples:

Phrase

Level of Formality

Dear Sir/Madam

Formal

I hope this email finds you well

Formal

Dear Ms./Mr./Mrs. + [surname]

Formal

I hope you are doing well.

Formal

To whom it may concern

Formal

I’m reaching out about . . .

Formal

Saying Goodbye

When we are leaving people, we say goodbye to them. Like saying hello, there are different ways to do this:

Phrase

Formal or informal?

Goodbye!

Neutral

See you later

Neutral

Catch you later

Informal

I look forward to our next meeting

Formal

Later

Informal

Saying Goodbye in Letters/Emails

When we write emails, just like saying hello, we should also say goodbye. Here are some common ways of doing that:

Phrase

Formal or informal?

Best regards

Formal

Sincerely

Formal

Thanks

Informal

Sincerely yours

Formal

Love

Informal

Introducing Yourself

When you want to introduce yourself, you can use different expressions. For example:

My name is .../I'm...

Nice to meet you; I'm ...

Let me introduce myself; I'm ...

As you may already know, I'm...

I don’t think we’ve met before. My name’s… [your name]

Introducing Others

There are times when we want to introduce someone we know to other people. There are different expressions that we can use in this situation. Take a look at these examples:

I’d like you to meet…

Have you met… ?

I’d like to introduce you to…

Everyone, this is.....

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