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Difficulty: MediumFormal Salutations and Closings

During a community service project, a student must send an email to the municipal director of public works, Sra. Valdés, regarding a proposal for a new recycling initiative. The email requires a highly formal and respectful register throughout.

Which pair of opening salutation and closing formula correctly maintains this expected level of formality without introducing grammatical errors or inappropriate shifts in register?

  1. Opening: Estimada Sra. Valdés: / Closing: Atentamente,Answer
  2. B
    Opening: Querida Sra. Valdés: / Closing: Saludos cordiales,
  3. C
    Opening: Estimado Sra. Valdés: / Closing: Le saluda atentamente,
  4. D
    Opening: Estimada Sra. Valdés: / Closing: Te saluda cordialmente,

Answer

The correct answer is the option featuring 'Estimada Sra. Valdés:' and 'Atentamente,'.
The correct answer maintains the expected formal register with the standard professional greeting 'Estimada' (which properly agrees in gender with 'Sra.') and ends with the universally accepted formal closing 'Atentamente,'.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the recipient and relationship described in the prompt.
The recipient is a municipal director (Sra. Valdés), which requires a strict formal register (usted).
Identifying the relationship determines the appropriate level of formality and pronoun usage.
2
Evaluate the opening salutations for register and grammatical agreement.
'Querida' is rejected for being too informal. 'Estimado' is rejected because it fails to agree in gender with 'Sra.'. Only 'Estimada Sra. Valdés:' is grammatically correct and appropriately formal.
Salutations must match the recipient's gender and the formal tone of the communication.
3
Evaluate the closing formulas for register consistency.
'Te saluda cordialmente' is rejected because 'Te' shifts to the informal 'tú' register. 'Atentamente' maintains the correct formal register.
The entire email, including the closing, must consistently use the formal 'usted' register.

Key Concept

Maintaining formal register and grammatical agreement in Spanish email correspondence.
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Formal Salutations and Closings

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