salutations is a general greeting, like "hello."
After the salutation of a business letter, the correct punctuation to use is a colon.
Dear Mr. President is a salutation of a business letter. The salutation goes at the beginning, thus that's how you got Dear.
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Before the body
Sometimes business letters include the salutation "to whom it may concern". It is better to say "Dear" and then the addressee's name, followed by a colon.
A proper salutation for greeting the president of a business is "Dear Mr. President". To conclude a letter, the proper word is "Sincerely" and a the name of the writer.
In a business letter =P
A salutation is an addressing to the person that the letter is addressed to and in a business letter you should always start with "Dear" and then add something like "Sir" or "Madam" immediately after it.
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D. All the above
In a full block business letter, each element of the letter (title, address, salutation, body, salutation, signature, identification, attachments) is left-aligned. Also, the first sentences of paragraphs are not indented. The first sentences of paragraphs are indented.