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GREETING [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Writing Styles
  • Rhetoric
CONT

standard greeting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'écriture
  • Art de dire (Rhétorique)
DEF

Formule de salutation par laquelle on commence une lettre.

CONT

Monsieur, Madame, Mesdames, Messieurs.

OBS

Cette formule n'admet aucune abréviation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estilos de escritura
  • Retórica
OBS

Compare con el vocativo: uno de los casos de declinación de nombres, pronombres y adjetivos, usado para expresar una invocación, mandato, llamamiento o súplica.

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