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Best regards, Kind regards, or Yours sincerely, - which is correct
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Mister Micawber  #540352  Sat, 12 Jul 08 08:01 AM
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I use 'Best regards' consistently in business emails.
  
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Anonymous  #551638  Wed, 06 Aug 08 03:20 PM
English is not my mother tongue but I use it a lot in my work. I have to admit that I end my e-mails with "kind regards" or "best regards"  but in the last period I started to use "yours" while ending informal mails to colleagues. Then I was accused that ending with "yours" implies a too personal valediction. I didn't mean to!!! Do you think it would embarrass you if I end like this:
Yours,
Ela
  
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Clive  #551644  Wed, 06 Aug 08 03:25 PM
Hi,
No.
Generally speaking, I think that pretty well everyone just ignores the way an email or letter ends. ( Unless you are romatically interested in the person you are communicating with. (;)) Wink ) 

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Anonymous  #555161  Fri, 15 Aug 08 03:20 PM
it is ok for me but it sounds funny sometime, it sounds like "up yours" don't you think? so "yours" may be too simple.  
  
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Clive  #555165  Fri, 15 Aug 08 03:27 PM
Hi,
An interesting attempt at interpretation, but a native speaker wouldn't look at it in that way, in my opinion.(:)) Smile

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Anonymous  #555166  Fri, 15 Aug 08 03:27 PM
this look like a 3 year old question, did you find out

"Someone wrote that you might capitalize the first letter in both words. What is the significance of that and what would it mean?"

this answer yet?
  
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Mister Micawber  #555352  Sat, 16 Aug 08 03:19 AM
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Only the first word is capitalized.  Capitalizing both shows an ignorance of accepted practice in careful, formal writing.
  
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Anonymous  #559117  Wed, 27 Aug 08 06:57 AM
I think it seems that using "Best regards" is better than "Best Regards".
  
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Anonymous  #559772  Thu, 28 Aug 08 05:18 PM
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