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.

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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.

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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.

Show examples from the web [+]

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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