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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, 1 yr 106 days ago
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, 1 yr 97 days ago
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.  
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, 1 yr 97 days ago
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?

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, 1 yr 86 days ago
I think it seems that using "Best regards" is better than "Best Regards".
Anonymous, 1 yr 84 days ago
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