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Dear professor, vs Dear professor

Both "dear professor," and "dear professor" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. The first one, with a comma, is used when starting a letter or email, while the second one, without a comma, is used when addressing someone directly in speech or informal writing.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 840 views

Dear professor,

This phrase is correct when starting a letter or email.

This phrase is commonly used at the beginning of a letter or email to address a professor in a formal manner.
  • My dear professor, people wind facts around each other like pretzels.
  • My dear professor, I always dress for dinner.
  • If I may say so, dear Professor, you make the mistake of treating your friends like patients.
  • Everything depends on how long you are willing to grant,... dear professor, and that's not much.
  • My dear professor, would you do me a favor?
  • Dear Professor Freud, I would be most grateful if you would allow me to come and visit you in Vienna on a matter of great interest to us both.
  • Dear Professor Prodi, at the meeting with my group you promised that there would always be a place in Parliament where full information could be obtained from the Commission.
  • Has your mind taken hold again, dear Professor?
  • Please welcome onto the stage my esteemed colleague, my dear friend, Professor Hawking.
  • You suckle at the teat of our dear, old Professor.
  • I'd like to thank the academy of delivery sciences, my lovely robot, Bender, and most of all, my dear nephew, Professor Farnsworth.
  • And I think our dear professor will be in luck.
  • Dear Professor manners since I was a kid: everyone expects.
  • - I don't have such huge needs... ...as our dear professor.
  • (My dear Professor Freud...) (... a former patient of mine...) (... who I have always treated with the greatest respect...) (... is now threatening to destroy my entire life...)
  • Professor, offer Guenter the hat.
  • Professor, it's police headquarters.
  • Professor, I come to apologize.
  • Professor, he's quite beside himself.
  • Only the best for the professor, please.

Dear professor

This phrase is correct when addressing someone directly in speech or informal writing.

This phrase is used when directly addressing a professor in speech or informal writing, without the need for a comma.
  • My dear professor, people wind facts around each other like pretzels.
  • My dear professor, I always dress for dinner.
  • Dear Professor Freud, I would be most grateful if you would allow me to come and visit you in Vienna on a matter of great interest to us both.
  • Dear Professor Prodi, at the meeting with my group you promised that there would always be a place in Parliament where full information could be obtained from the Commission.
  • If I may say so, dear Professor, you make the mistake of treating your friends like patients.
  • Everything depends on how long you are willing to grant,... dear professor, and that's not much.
  • Has your mind taken hold again, dear Professor?
  • My dear professor, would you do me a favor?
  • (My dear Professor Freud...) (... a former patient of mine...) (... who I have always treated with the greatest respect...) (... is now threatening to destroy my entire life...)
  • And I think our dear professor will be in luck.
  • Dear Professor manners since I was a kid: everyone expects.
  • - I don't have such huge needs... ...as our dear professor.

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