"Remain"

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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

Joined on Sat, Jun 10 2006

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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.

Alan.es

Joined on Sun, Apr 16 2006

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Yours sincerely