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Anonymous, 4 yr 155 days ago
I'm not clear on how to sign..Do I sign my name or do i sign the persons name and my initials after?
Anonymous, 4 yr 154 days ago
pp before their name the your signature after their name
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Anonymous, 4 yr 127 days ago

 Anonymous wrote:
pp before their name the your signature after their name

 

so it would be like this "pp Mr. Big Boss, My Signature"? like that?  Could you post a like to an exmple of what it looks like?

Anonymous, 4 yr 108 days ago

I'm not sure about the previous poster... But the accepted manner is as follows:

As Tim said earlier, 'p.p.' stands for 'per pro' - or, in its full glory, 'per procurationem'.

This is Latin and means "on behalf of". Therefore, when using 'p.p.' to sign on someone's behalf, you would end up with -

 

Yours sincerely,

 

(Put your signature here)

 

p.p. Mr Bloggs (Their Surname)

 

- i.e. this is You, signing on behalf of Mr Bloggs.

Also (and purely for your reference), the accepted space to leave between 'Yours Sincerely' and the sender's title (in this case, Mr Bloggs) - the gap in which you would put your signature - is five empty lines long.

Jemima Little

Anonymous, 3 yr 253 days ago

If YOU are Jane Doe, and you are signing for your director because he is out of the office, it is:

      JDoe (your signature, not your name)

pp John Smith

    Managing Director

Anonymous, 3 yr 218 days ago
The answer is exactly as above.

Me: Jonathon Doe
The person I'm signing for: Marjorie Bloggs


Jonathon Doe
p.p. Marjorie Bloggs
Managing Director, XYZ Company

"Jonathon Doe" is the signature
"p.p." is printed
Marjorie Blogss etc is typed
Anonymous, 3 yr 107 days ago

is this accepted for signing someone's else behalf?

for: my signature

name of someone

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The name says it all.
Anonymous, 2 yr 340 days ago
If YOU are Jane Doe, and you are signing for your director because he is out of the office, it is:

      JDoe (your signature, not your name)

pp John Smith

    Managing Director



This is wrong.


Correct is


p.p Jane Doe.

John Smith



p.p means that you are authorised to sign on behalf of. If you put p.p in front of the name of the person you are signing for, it means HE is authorised to sign on behalf of.. Which is not what you're trying to say is it?

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