Quick question: how do you address to someone in the beginning

By the way, is "Greetings" an appropiate way to start a formal text?

"to whom it may concern" if your interested in coming off as a douche
"Greetings" always works (Germans like that one the most)
"Dear, insert name" not "dear Mr" that shit sounds weird.

>>18231974

Thank you so much, anon!

>>18231909
'Dear_______" is perfectly acceptable. If it's informal business setting you can use their first name. More formal? Use Mr. Mrs or Ms.

If it's not a business setting or very informal, "Hi _____" is fine.

Starting with "Greetings" sounds impersonal and like mass marketing.

They're right. "Dear" is acceptable in almost any form of letter writing and is used when you're writing to one particular person. If you don't know exactly who you're writing to, "To whom it may concern" is the best choice. Instead of "Mr", you can go for "Sir", but both are okay. "Greetings" works just as fine, too. Good luck!