" The letter would commence: " Dear Sir < Joseph >".

The letter reads: " Dear Sir, I wish to complain in the strongest possible terms about the song which you have just broadcast about the lumberjack who wears women's clothes.

On hearing this, Clarke sent a facetious letter to NASA's chief administrator: " Dear Sir, on checking my records, I see that I have never received payment for this work.

When addressing a letter to the holder of a particular position without knowing the name or gender of the addressee, it is common to write " Dear Sir or Madam ,".

When writing to a newspaper editor, the correct English usage is to omit the " Dear " and commence simply " Sir ," or " Madam ," etc.

It is often used in formal correspondence ( Dear Sir, Right Reverend Sir ).

:: Dear Sir,

My Dear Sir —

Dear Sir: *** About two months since, during a dark and stormy night, our bank was entered by burglars, through an adjoining cellar wall, and the vault, which was of brick, was pierced, which left us without any other protection than one of your highly approved chilled iron Burglar-Proof Safes, with your magic lock attached ; these we deem sufficient, for they successfully resisted all the various devices and expedients known and practiced by burglars.

: Dear Sir

" Dear Sir / Madam,

* " The Sleepwalker ", a song by Cat Power from Dear Sir

*" Oh, Judge, Your Honor, Dear Sir, Sweetheart "/" Freddy, Freddy " ( 1961 Liberty 55314 )

* Dear Sir — 1924 ( music by Jerome Kern )

Dear Sir ( Prof.

He is frequently referred to by his idiolect " Panie Kochanku " (" My Dear Sir ") to distinguish him from his earlier namesake ( 1669 – 1719 ).

* " Radziwiłł, Karol Stanisław ' Panie Kochanku '" (" Karol Stanisław ' My Dear Sir ' Radziwiłł "), Encyklopedia Polski ( Encyclopedia of Poland ), Kraków, Wydawnictwo Ryszard Kluszczyński, 1996, ISBN 83-86328-60-6, p. 564.

* Sir Geoffrey Dear QPM

In letter-writing, where others might use the phrase Dear Sir or Madam, many Quakers would instead write Dear Friend, and in such letters, rather than finishing yours faithfully would finish either yours in truth or yours in friendship.

The text reads as follows :< p > Dear Sir: Please give the proposition we are enclosing your most earnest consideration.

" Dear Sir: It has come to the attention of this office that you may be in violation of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 by the manner in which you are installing partitions in taxicabs and / or police cruisers .“

It began: " Dear Sir, I am extremely sorry to inform you that the barrack erected on Skerryvore Rock has totally disappeared.

* 1918 – Pauline Phillips, American columnist and radio host, created Dear Abby

" ( John 3: 16 – 17, NIV ) John also wrote, " Dear friends, let us love one another for love comes from God.

* André Masséna – 1st Duc de Rivoli, 1st Prince d ' Essling, one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire, French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic War, his nickname was l ' Enfant chéri de la Victoire (" the Dear Child of Victory ")

* Paul McCartney – lead, harmony and background vocals ; acoustic, lead, rhythm and bass guitars ; keyboards ( acoustic and electric pianos and Hammond organ ); assorted percussion ( timpani, tambourine, handclaps and vocal percussion ); drums ( on " Back in the U. S. S. R ." and " Dear Prudence "); recorder and flugelhorn ; sound effects

* Mal Evans – background vocals and handclaps on " Dear Prudence ", handclaps on " Birthday ", trumpet on " Helter Skelter "

* Jackie Lomax – background vocals and handclaps on " Dear Prudence "

* Ted Barker – trombone on " Martha My Dear "

* Leon Calvert – trumpet and flugelhorn on " Martha My Dear "

* Bernard Miller, Dennis McConnell, Lou Soufier and Les Maddox – violin on " Martha My Dear "

* Reginald Kilby – cello on " Glass Onion " and " Martha My Dear "

* Frederick Alexander – cello on " Martha My Dear "

* Alf Reece – tuba on " Martha My Dear "

* Stanley Reynolds and Ronnie Hughes – trumpet on " Martha My Dear "

* Tony Tunstall – French horn on " Martha My Dear "

* Leo Birnbaum and Henry Myerscough – viola on " Martha My Dear "

* Genevieve Gorder ( 2000 – 2003, 2005 – 2007 ; now on Dear Genevieve )

Dear Grandpater – Have you seen a Waterbaby?

* Yes, Dear ( 2001 – 2006 ) ( TV )

* Dear Leader ( Chinaehaneun Jidoja ) ( late 1970s – 1994 )

#" For Dear Life " – 3: 26 ( Victor )

In 1986, the first single from XTC's record Skylarking, " Grass ", was eclipsed in the United States by its B-side, " Dear God " – so much so that the record was almost immediately re-released with one song (" Mermaid Smiled ") removed and " Dear God " put in its place, becoming one of the band's better-known " hits.

* Dear Lonely Hearts – Nat King Cole