Kind Regards or Kind regards or kind regards...?

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nikein  #5105  Wed, 20 Aug 03 03:52 PM
how would I finish off a letter?

Dear X,

....


Kind Regards,
or: Kind regards
or: kind regards


that would help a lot. thank you:)
  
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tam  #5139  Wed, 20 Aug 03 11:04 PM

I would always use a capital on at least the Kind. Personally I would use the first Kind Regards. As its an ending it seems more important to capitalise both words and make more of an emphasis.

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bpatil  #10634  Mon, 13 Oct 03 06:37 AM
Hello Everyone

When you say 'kind regards' - who is being kind? The implication is that the writer of the letter is kind, which is a tad preposterous. IMHO, Best Regards or Warm Regards would be a better option.

  
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hitchhiker  #12239  Thu, 06 Nov 03 02:45 PM
"Kind regards" is simply a well intentioned gesture. It's another way of saying "Good, Best wishes" - I would not capitalise the r or w; but it wouldn't be a sin if you did!

Also see:

A very polite ending
Yours sincerely, faithfully
Writing to someone you don't know
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Guest  #27751  Thu, 15 Apr 04 12:17 AM
When ending a letter with 'Kind regards' and following it immediately beneath with 'Yours sincerely', which punctuation mark (if any) should be used after 'regards'?

Thanks for your help!
  
Guest  #27863  Fri, 16 Apr 04 09:35 AM
I agree for at least the 'K' of Kind, but I would prefer 'r', so that there is less "separation" between the 2 words.

cordially!

  
Guest  #31782  Wed, 02 Jun 04 04:41 AM
The correct version would to capitalize the "K" because the writer is using a phrase and the "K" is capitalized because it is the first word in a sentence (or fragment in this case). Capitalizing the "r" is just unnecessary.

Sorry for spelling errors, I'm great at grammar, terrible at spelling.

Best regards,

Anglophone
  
rexlui  #32216  Sun, 06 Jun 04 03:01 PM
Hello there,

There should be no "Kind (or kind)" before "Regards" as we normally do not have Bad (or bad) regards,

Regards,
  
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Guest  #32661  Thu, 10 Jun 04 04:25 AM
Can someone share the difference?

Best regards - I assume is for someone well respected or close in friendship. Is that true?

When should warm regards be used versus kind regards?

Thank you
  
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