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Latest post Tue, Jul 4 2006 8:08 PM by Alan.es. 1 replies.
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Teleostomi  +  242531 Tue, 04 Jul 06 07:52 AM

In the meantime, I look forward to receiving your application, and remain,

          Yours sincerely,

This "remain" in a letter (from a language school) looks strange to me, but is this natural English?
Teleostomi
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Alan.es  +  242672 Tue, 04 Jul 06 08:08 PM
This is a formal way of ending a letter in BrE and means something like - 'I continue to be' , 'I still am' yours sincerely.

It's very formal and polite. Nowadays not many people would use it.
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